Release notes generation tools

[sivaraam]

One thing that takes quite a bit of time for me on each release is the generation of release notes.

I like to keep each entry as detailed yet in the most concise manner possible so that someone randomly hopping in could quickly get a gist of the changes that have gone in that particular release. I try to use AI tools like ChatGPT to generate the same by feeding it the relevant context like the issue, MR links amd get the relevant release notesand give it a final polish before settling on the release notes entry.

It becomes tedious when there are several chanhes and it is a mundane task for sure. I wanted to start this thread to know if anyone here is aware of amy tool that could potentially automate this process. 🙂

Note: I do use the changelog generated by GitHub's 'Generate release notes' feature as a starting point. It unfortunately requires to tag the release for the same to work. As I wish for the release notes to be present in our Changelog file before tagging the release, it gets a bit tricky. So, if you're aware of tools that could help do the job of GitHub's release note generation that would be helpful too. Do share them here.