Amanuensis

Amanuensis is a changelog generator which integrate with all the major code managers and trackers

Your changelog will contains closed issues and pull requests based on the tracker you are using.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'amanuensis'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install amanuensis

Usage via command line

Type amanuensis help generate for detailed usage.

Usage:
  amanuensis generate

Options:
  p, [--push=one two three]
                                    # Default: [:file]
  t, [--tracker=TRACKER]
                                    # Default: github
  c, [--code-manager=CODE_MANAGER]
                                    # Default: github
  u, [--version=VERSION]
                                    # Default: patch
  r, [--release], [--no-release]
                                    # Default: true
  v, [--verbose], [--no-verbose]
  g, [--github=key:value]
  c, [--trello=key:value]
  i, [--pivotal=key:value]
  m, [--mail=key:value]
  f, [--file=key:value]

Generate a changelog

Type amanuensis generate [options] to generate the changelog

Usage via ruby

Just call the method #generate

Amanuensis.generate

Before calling the generator you need to configure it:

Amanuensis.push = [:github]
  
Amanuensis::Github.oauth_token = ENV.fetch('GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN')
Amanuensis::Github.repo        = ENV.fetch('GITHUB_REPO')

Each integrations are configurable, just like Amanuensis

For Amanuensis, it is possible to set:

• push
• code_manager
• tracker
• version
• verbose
• relase

Amanuensis.push = [:github, :file, :mail]
Amanuensis.tracker = :github
Amanuensis.code_manager = :github
Amanuensis.version = :major
Amanuensis.verbose = true
Amanuensis.release = false

See below for all integrations available and their respective configuration

Version

The allowed values for version are:

• major
• minor
• patch

And it works like that:

major.minor.patch

If there is not release the first version will be:

0.0.1

Integrations

Code managers

If you don't specify any code managers, github will be used by default

Github

If you use github as a code manager, a github release will be created at the end of the process The changelog will also contains all pull requests closed since the latest release

Via command line:

amanuensis generate --github=oauth_token:my_token repo:alaibe/amanuensis

Via Ruby:

Amanuensis::Github.oauth_token = ENV.fetch('GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN')
Amanuensis::Github.repo        = ENV.fetch('GITHUB_REPO')

Trackers

If you don't specify any traker, github will be used by default

Github

If github is used, the changelog will contains the closed issues since the last release

Via command line:

amanuensis generate --github=oauth_token:my_token repo:alaibe/amanuensis

Via Ruby:

Amanuensis::Github.oauth_token = ENV.fetch('GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN')
Amanuensis::Github.repo        = ENV.fetch('GITHUB_REPO')

Trello

If trello is used, the changelog will contains the closed cards since the last release

Via command line:

amanuensis generate --trello=key:my_key token:my_token board:amanuensis list:done

Via Ruby:

Amanuensis::Trello.key   = ENV.fetch('TRELLO_KEY')
Amanuensis::Trello.token = ENV.fetch('TRELLO_TOKEN')
Amanuensis::Trello.board = ENV.fetch('TRELLO_BOARD')
Amanuensis::Trello.list  = ENV.fetch('TRELLO_LIST')

Pivotal tracker

If pivotal is used, the changelog will contains the accepted cards since the last release

Via command line:

amanuensis generate --pivotal=token:my_token project:amanuensis

Via Ruby:

Amanuensis::Pivotal.token   = ENV.fetch('PIVOTAL_TOKEN')
Amanuensis::Pivotal.project = ENV.fetch('PIVOTAL_PROJECT')

Push

If you don't specify any push, file will be used by default

Push is different from others integrations as you can chain them:

Amanuensis.push = [:github, :mail, :file]

This configuration will publish the changelog to your github repository, send an e-mail with the changelog as a body and finaly produce a changelog file

Github

If you use github to push your changelog, it will be append to the file named Changelog.md by default

Via command line:

amanuensis generate --github=oauth_token:my_token repo:alaibe/amanuensis
file_name:new_changelog.md

Via Ruby:

Amanuensis::Github.oauth_token = ENV.fetch('GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN')
Amanuensis::Github.repo        = ENV.fetch('GITHUB_REPO')
Amanuensis::Github.file_name   = ENV.fetch('GITHUB_FILE_NAME')

The option file_name is not required and is set to Changelog.md by default

Mail

We use the gem pony in order to send mail See the gem readme for all the options available: https://github.com/benprew/pony

All nested hash params are flatten for the command line

Via command line:

amanuensis generate --mail=to:anthony@amanuensis.com via_options_port:25

Via Ruby:

Amanuensis::Mail.pony = { to: 'anthony@amanuensis.com', via_options: { port: 25 }}

File

If you export push your changelog with the file option, it will create a file named Changelog.md by default

amanuensis generate --file=file_name:new_changelog.md

Via Ruby:

Amanuensis::File.file_name   = 'new_changelog.md'

The option file_name is not required and is set to Changelog.md by default

Ask for new integration

If you want new integration you can create an issue via github and add the label integration on it.

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/alaibe/amanuensis/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request