A NodeJS changelog generator that uses twig templates

Generate a changelog

Commands

Install

npm install --save changelog-generator-twig

Additional infos

You can use [changelog skip] (non case sensitive) in the commit message and the commit will not be part of the changelog

Help

changelog-generator-twig --help

Usage: changelog-generator-twig [options]

A changelog generator using twig templates

Options:
      --owner <owner>                 The repo owner
      --repo <repo>                   The repo
      --repoDir <repoDir>             The repo dir
      --lastTagName <lastTagName>     The last tag name (default: HEAD)
      --headName <headName>           The head name (default: Unreleased)
      --convention <conventionName>   The convention name (williamdes, conventional, conventional+legacy, allchanges) (default: conventional)
      --baseCommit <commmitHash>      The base commit hash
      --template <templatePath>       The twig template path (default: /mnt/Dev/@wdes/changelog/src/CHANGELOG.twig)
      --version                       display version information and exit
      --help                          display this help and exit

Basic example

./node_modules/.bin/changelog-generator-twig --owner wdes --repo changelog --repoDir ./ --baseCommit c295e8c3244b857b9d22fdd83a80d2f31cc6139b

Or

changelog-generator-twig --owner williamdes --repo mariadb-mysql-kbs --repoDir /mnt/Dev/@williamdes/mariadb-mysql-kbs/ --baseCommit 4282724e1e04d6b27d3c0744e1a37a50be740237

See changelog example here: https://github.com/williamdes/mariadb-mysql-kbs/blob/ef766fd9991e4fd1e80bb7b14abb2a352ecd4689/CHANGELOG.md

Use a custom template (twig)

changelog-generator-twig --owner williamdes --repo mariadb-mysql-kbs --repoDir /mnt/Dev/@williamdes/mariadb-mysql-kbs/ --baseCommit 4282724e1e04d6b27d3c0744e1a37a50be740237 --template ./CHANGELOG_template.twig

Release before tag

This will set links to next version and rename the current version

NEXT_VERSION=1.4
--headName $NEXT_VERSION --lastTagName $NEXT_VERSION

Data passed to twig template

args: [ additional args passed to script ],
links: [
    {
        name: "v1.0.0",
        start: "185050ec502f20b3280df46485605e99563d1e87",
        end: "HEAD"
    },...
],
versions: [
    {
        nbrCommits: <numberOfCommits>,
        name: "v1.0.0",
        changes: [{
            name: 'Added',
            messageRegex: [/^added:\s/gi, /^add:/gi, /^test:/gi],
            commits: [
                {
                    hash: 'd2c9361',
                    longHash: 'd2c9361467b0e67e4c7a1bbfa092b342363450cc',
                    msg: 'Added some files',
                },
            ],
        },...]
    },...
],
owner: "--owner argument",
repo: "--repo argument"