From b95a7f47a88c69920a862d2fd471f4e8dd342c47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Sawicki <kevin@github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 14:09:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Create draft release when one does not exist

---
 build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee b/build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee
index 35e2bcea5..3a1517000 100644
--- a/build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee
+++ b/build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee
@@ -142,7 +142,31 @@ getAtomDraftRelease = (callback) ->
             firstDraft.assets = assets
             callback(null, firstDraft)
       else
-        callback(new Error('No draft release in atom/atom repo'))
+        createAtomDraftRelease(callback)
+
+createAtomDraftRelease = (callback) ->
+  {version} = require('../../package.json')
+  options =
+    uri: 'https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/releases'
+    method: 'POST'
+    headers: defaultHeaders
+    json: true
+    qs:
+      tag_name: "v#{version}"
+      name: version
+      draft: true
+      body: """
+        ### Notable Changes
+
+        *
+      """
+
+  request options, (error, response, body='') ->
+    if error? or response.statusCode isnt 201
+      logError("Creating atom/atom draft release failed", error, body)
+      callback(error ? new Error(response.statusCode))
+    else
+      callback(null, body)
 
 deleteRelease = (release) ->
   options =