Generate PR based changelog or release-notes for multi-scope projects with templates

Usage

- uses: arpitBhalla/monorepo-changelog@master
  with:
    GITHUB_AUTH: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
    from: "1.2.0"

See example

Configuration

You can configure by adding a changelog key to the package.json file of your project:

// ./package.json
{
  // ...
  "changelog": {
    "labels": {
      "PR: Breaking Change": "Breaking Change",
      "PR: Feature": "Feature",
      "PR: Bug": "Bug fix",
      "PR: Maintenance": "Maintenance",
      "PR: Docs": "Docs",
      "PR: Refactoring": "Refactoring"
    },
    "scopes": {
      "native-app": "Native App",
      "website/docs": "Docs"
    }
  }
}

Input

Action	Description	Default
GITHUB_AUTH (required)	Personal Access Token with read permission
group-by		labels
from	The current version of the project (SHA or Tag)
to	The next version of the project (SHA or Tag)
template	Handlebar template for Changelog
version_name	Title for unreleased commits (e.g. Unreleased)	Unreleased
repo	Your org/repo on GitHub (automatically inferred from the package.json file)
language	Language of the changelog	Markdown

Output

Action	Description
changelog	Generated changelog

Example

Github Action

# .github/workflows/changelog.yml
name: "generate changelog"
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  changelog:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # To reference old commits, fetch-depth: 0 is required.
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - uses: arpitBhalla/monorepo-changelog@master
        id: generate
        with:
          GITHUB_AUTH: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
          from: "1.2.0"
          to: "origin/main"
          template: |
            {{#each .}}
            ## {{releaseTitle}} (__{{releaseDate}}__)

            {{#each labels}}
            ###  {{ name }}
            {{#each scopes }}
            #### \`{{name}}\`
            {{#each changes}}
            - [#{{id}}]({{html_url}}) {{title}} by @{{author}}
            {{/each}}
            {{/each}}
            ---
            {{/each}}

            Thanks to {{contributorCount}} contributors namely {{#each contributors}}[@{{login}}]({{url}}){{#unless @last}},{{/unless}} {{/each}}
            {{/each }}
      - run: echo "${{steps.generate.outputs.changelog}}"

Output

## Unreleased (2021-05-27)

### Feature

#### \`Native App\`

- [#18](https://github.com/{{owner}}/{{repo}}/pull/18) chore(yarn): add lerna-changelog ([@{{owner}}](https://github.com/{{owner}}))

### Maintenance

#### \`Native App\`

- [#1](https://github.com/{{owner}}/{{repo}}/pull/1) Bump @types/node from 14.14.9 to 15.3.0 ([@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
- [#2](https://github.com/{{owner}}/{{repo}}/pull/2) Bump @actions/core from 1.2.6 to 1.2.7 ([@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))

#### \`Docs\`

- [#3](https://github.com/{{owner}}/{{repo}}/pull/3) Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 24.1.3 to 24.3.6 ([@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))

Thanks to 1 contributors namely [@arpitBhalla](https://github.com/arpitBhalla)

Template for Changelog

Template configuration

Key	Description
labels	Map of label to scope
scopes	Map of scope to label

Default Template

{{#each .}}

## {{releaseTitle}}

__{{releaseDate}}__

{{#each labels}}

###  {{ name }}

{{#each scopes }}

#### \`{{name}}\`

{{#each changes}}
- [#{{id}}]({{html_url}}) {{title}} by @{{author}}
{{/each}}
{{/each}}

{{/each}}

Thanks to {{contributorCount}} contributors namely {{#each contributors}}[@{{login}}]({{url}}){{#unless @last}},{{/unless}} {{/each}}

{{/each }}

Output for this template

See Ouput

Acknowledgements

• lerna/lerna-changelog