A simple tool to automate changelog generation during release process.
- Node 16
- Using GitHub personal access token (with
--pat
argument) is highly recommended
Go to your project git folder and run the script.
cd ~/my-project
npx github:10up/changelog-generator
The script will:
- Read all closed PRs within a milestone
- Search for "Changelog" section in the PR description, take all records from it. Use PR title by default if no "Changelog" section found
- Read all events from the PR and form participants list. Add participants as "props" to the entry.
- Add link to the PR (via ...) to the end of entry.
- Check if one of known prefixes is applied to the changelog entry (Added, Changed, Deprecated, Removed, Fixed, Security)
- If no prefix given, but @dependabot is in the list of participants, consider this is a "Secutiry" update, otherwise set "Other" prefix.
(Required) Specify the name of target milestone to extract changelog entries from.
(Optional) GitHub personal access token. Default is empty
(Optional) Custom GitHub repository address. Default is empty
, use repository from the current folder.
(Optional) Output style, multiple comma-separated values allowed
grouped
Group changelog entries (Added, Fixed, etc.)wordpress
WordPress readme.txt formatplain
(default) plain list of changelog entries
(Optional) Disable debug output, only the resulting changelog will be printed.
(Optional) PR prefixes. Default: Added,Changed,Deprecated,Removed,Fixed,Security.
Let's create a changelog for the release version 1.2.3
git clone [email protected]:10up/simple-podcasting.git
cd simple-podcasting
npx github:10up/changelog-generator --milestone=1.2.3 --style=grouped
Output for "Grouped" style:
❯ npx github:10up/changelog-generator -m 1.2.3 --style=grouped --quiet
npx: installed 163 in 307.466s
## Changelog:
### Added
- Dependency security scanning. (props [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul), [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic)) via [#168](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/168))
- Default Pull Request Reviewers via `CODEOWNERS` file. (props [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul), [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic)) via [#156](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/156))
- Compatibility tests against PHP 7 and 8. (props [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic), [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul), [@dkotter](https://github.com/dkotter)) via [#150](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/150))
### Security
- Bump async from 2.6.3 to 2.6.4 (props [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot), [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul), [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic)) via [#166](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/166))
- Bump minimist from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6 (props [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot), [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic)) via [#160](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/160))
- Bump node-forge from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0 (props [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot), [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic)) via [#159](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/159))
### Changed
- Upgrade node dependencies (props [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic), [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul)) via [#163](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/163))
- Replaced custom commands with @10up/cypress-wp-utils in end-to-end tests (props [@dinhtungdu](https://github.com/dinhtungdu), [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul), [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic)) via [#162](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/162))
- Upgrade wp-scripts, wp-env, cypress and other minor dependencies to latest versions (props [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic), [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul)) via [#158](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/158))
- Unit tests against PHP 8 (props [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic), [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul), [@dkotter](https://github.com/dkotter)) via [#150](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/150))
- Bump required PHP 7.0 (props [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic), [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul), [@dkotter](https://github.com/dkotter)) via [#150](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/150))
### Fixed
- Add `<enclosure>` to feed item. (props [@davexpression](https://github.com/davexpression), [@cadic](https://github.com/cadic), [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul)) via [#155](https://github.com/10up/simple-podcasting/pull/155))