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Generate changelog with git-chglog

v1.0.1 Pre-release

Generate changelog with git-chglog

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Generate changelog with git-chglog

Generate a changelog using conventional commits using the git-chlog tool

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Generate changelog with git-chglog

uses: nuuday/[email protected]

Learn more about this action in nuuday/github-changelog-action

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Generate changelog with git-chglog

Github Action for creating a CHANGELOG.md file based on semver and conventional commits.

Usage

Pre-requisites

Create a workflow .yml file in your repositories .github/workflows directory. An example workflow is available below. For more information, reference the GitHub Help Documentation for Creating a workflow file.

Further more you need to have git-chlog configured and have the configuration added to your git repository.

Inputs

  • next_version: Next version number
  • config_dir: git-chglog configuration directory. Default: .ghglog
  • filename: Filename to write the changelog to. Default: CHANGELOG.md
  • tag: Optional, Generate changelog only for this tag.

Outputs

  • changelog: Changelog content if no filename input is empty

Example workflow - upload a release asset

On every push to master generate a CHANGELOG.md file.

name: Build and release
on: 
  push:
    branches:
      - master
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  package:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: nuuday/[email protected]
        with:
          next_version: "1.0.0"      

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Authors

  • Steffen F. Qvistgaard - Initial work - ssoerensen

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.