Changeloger

A fast and lightweight changelog generator using Conventional Commits.

Support several providers (GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, and Git) and multiple output files.

Quick Start

Generate a changelog, without bumping the version or making a git commit:

npx @trandaison/changeloger@latest --noBump --noCommit --noTag

Bump the version, update CHANGELOG.md and make a git commit and tag:

npx @trandaison/changeloger@latest

CLI usage

You can choose to install @trandaison/changeloger globally, or install it as a devDependency in your project, or use npx to run it.

npm install -g @trandaison/changeloger

npm install --save-dev @trandaison/changeloger

npx @trandaison/changeloger@latest

CLI command:

changeloger [path] [...args]

Arguments:

• path: The path to the project directory. Default: process.cwd() (current working directory).
• --repositoryUrl: The URL of the repository. By default, it will be read from the package.json file, or guessed from the remote git repository. If it can't be guessed, it will be null.
• --branch: The branch name. Default is the current branch.
• --major: Bump as a semver-major version.
• --minor: Bump as a semver-minor version.
• --patch: Bump as a semver-patch version.
• --fromCommit: Start commit reference. When not provided, latest git tag will be used as default.
• --toCommit: End commit reference. When not provided, latest commit in HEAD will be used as default.
• --date: The date of the release. Default is the current date. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.
• --noBump: Do not bump the version in package.json.
• --noCommit: Do not make a git commit.
• --noTag: Do not make a git tag.
• --noPush: Do not push the commit and the new tag to the remote git repository.
• --debug: Output debug data in changeloger.debug.log for debugging purposes. Set --debug=inline to output debug data in the terminal.
• And all others options available in changelog.config.json are also available as CLI arguments. The CLI arguments will override the options in the config file.

Configuration

You can use either changelog.config.json or changelog.config.{ts,tsx,js,mjs,cjs} to configure the changelog generation.

Available options and defaults:

| Option | Type | Description | Default | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | provider | 'github' \| 'bitbucket' \| 'gitlab' \| 'git' \| null | The provider of the repository. | null | | header | string | The header of the changelog. | '# Changelog' | | output | string | The path to the output file. You can create multiple changelog files (for multiple branch or multiple environment) by using the placeholder {branch} (e.g. CHANGELOG-{branch}.md). | 'CHANGELOG.md' | | versionPrefix | string | The prefix of the version. | 'v' | | versionBumpType | 'major' \| 'minor' \| 'patch' | The type of the version bump. | patch | | startVersion | string | The start version. | 0.0.0 | | pullRequestOnly | boolean | Only include pull requests in the changelog file. | false | | order | CommitType[] | The order of each section in the changelog. | ['feat', 'perf', 'fix', 'refactor', 'docs', 'chore', 'test', 'style', 'revert'] | | typeTitle | Record<CommitType \| 'other', string> | The title of each section in the changelog. | { feat: '🚀 Features', perf: '⚡️ Performance', fix: '🩹 Bug Fixes', refactor: '💅 Refactors', docs: '📖 Documentation', chore: '🏡 Chores', test: '✅ Tests', style: '✨ Styles', revert: '🔀 Reverts', other: '❓ Unclassified' } | | noPackageJson | boolean | Do not read the package.json file. Use this option when you don't have a package.json file in your project. | false | | clean | boolean | Determine if the working directory is clean and if it is not clean, exit. | true | | releaseCommitMessage | string | The commit message for the release. Placeholder {version} will be replaced with the new version. | 'chore(release): {version}' | | bump | boolean | Bump the version in package.json. This option will be ignored if --noBump is provided in the CLI arguments. | true | | commit | boolean | Make a git commit. This option will be ignored if --noCommit is provided in the CLI arguments. | true | | tag | boolean | Make a git tag. This option will be ignored if --noTag is provided in the CLI arguments. | true | | push | boolean | Push the commit and the new tag to the remote git repository. This option will be ignored if --noPush is provided in the CLI arguments. | true | | remote | string | The name of the remote git repository in case there are multiple remotes or the remote name is not origin. | 'origin' |

See ./src/config/index.ts for the full list of available options and their defaults.

💻 Development

• Clone the repository
• Make sure you are using node >= v18.16
• Install the dependencies: npm install
• Run the dev script npm run dev or npm run test to test the build (it requires to run npm run build first)

Support

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License

Made with ❤️ by trandaison

Licensed under the MIT License.