wip: 🚧 Prepare channges and announcements

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to SODA will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## v.12.4.0 - 2023-12-04
+
+## Feature Additions:
+
+- Added a new feature to Guided Mode that allows you to import subjects, pools, and samples for datasets with a large amount of subjects/samples
+
 ## v.12.3.3 - 2023-10-24
 
 ## Bug fixes:

scripts/guided-mode/guided-curate-dataset.js

@@ -5269,6 +5269,10 @@ const openPage = async (targetPageID) => {
     }
 
     if (targetPageID === "guided-dataset-structure-intro-tab") {
+      // Handle whether or not the spreadsheet importation page should be skipped
+      // Note: this is done here to centralize the logic for skipping the page
+      // The page is unskipped only if the user has not added any subjects,
+      // indicated that they will be adding subjects, and the user is not starting from Pennsieve
       if (
         getExistingSubjectNames().length === 0 &&
         sodaJSONObj["starting-point"]["type"] != "bf" &&

scripts/meta/announcements.json

@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 {
+  "12.4.0": {
+    "announcements": {
+      "bug-fixes": [],
+      "features": [
+        "Added a new feature to Guided Mode that allows you to import subjects, pools, and samples for datasets with a large amount of subjects/samples"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
   "12.3.3": {
     "announcements": {
       "bug-fixes": [