Changelog Generator

A simple tool to automate changelog generation during release process.

Requirements

• Node 16
• Using GitHub personal access token (with --pat argument) is highly recommended

Usage

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.

Command-line Arguments

--milestone, -m

(Required) Specify the name of target milestone to extract changelog entries from.

--pat, -p

(Optional) GitHub personal access token. Default is empty

--repo

(Optional) Custom GitHub repository address. Default is empty, use repository from the current folder.

--style, -s

(Optional) Output style, multiple comma-separated values allowed

• grouped Group changelog entries (Added, Fixed, etc.)
• wordpress WordPress readme.txt format
• plain (default) plain list of changelog entries

--quiet

(Optional) Disable debug output, only the resulting changelog will be printed.

--prefixes

(Optional) PR prefixes. Default: Added,Changed,Deprecated,Removed,Fixed,Security.

Example with Simple Podcasting

Let's create a changelog for the release version 1.2.3

git clone git@github.com: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))