git-changelog
A git changelog based on ANGULAR JS commit standards. NPM page
NEWS!
There are new options available, check them out, now available as CLI
You can see an example generated changelog here
It works as a grunt plugin or CLI, see options below
Getting Started
This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1
If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:
npm install git-changelog --save-dev
Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('git-changelog');
The "git_changelog" task
Overview
In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named git_changelog
to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig()
.
grunt.initConfig({
git_changelog: {
minimal: {
options: {
file: 'https://github.com/rafinskipg/git-changelog',
appName : 'Git changelog'
}
},
extended: {
options: {
repo_url: 'https://github.com/rafinskipg/git-changelog',
appName : 'Git changelog extended',
file : 'EXTENDEDCHANGELOG.md',
grep_commits: '^fix|^feat|^docs|^refactor|^chore|BREAKING'
}
}
}
})
Options | Defaults
- branch_name : The name of the branch. Defaults to
- repo_url : The url of the project. For issues and commits links. Defaults to
git config --get remote.origin.url
- version: The version of the project. Defaults to
, - file: The name of the file that will be generated. Defaults to
CHANGELOG.md
, - appName (DEPRECATED: Use app_name) : The name of the project. Defaults to
My App - Changelog
- app_name : The name of the project. Defaults to
My App - Changelog
- ignore_tags (DEPRECATED, use tag option): Ignore tags, read from the beggining of the history. Defaults to
false
- grep_commits: The commits that will be picked. Defaults to
'^fix|^feat|^docs|^refactor|^chore|BREAKING'
- tag: You can select from which tag to generate the log, it defaults to the last one. Set it to false for log since the beggining of the project
- debug: Debug mode, false by default
Command Line
Install it globally
npm install -g git-changelog
See commands
git-changelog -h
Use it directly with the common options
Usage: git-changelog [options]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-e, --extended Extended log
-a, --app_name [app_name] Name [app_name]
-b, --branch [branch_name] Branch name [branch_name]
-f, --file [file] File [file]
-r, --repo_url [url] Repo url [url]
-t, --tag [tag] Since tag [tag]
-g, --grep [grep] Grep commits for [grep]
-d, --debug Debugger
Git Commit Guidelines - Source : "Angular JS"
We have very precise rules over how our git commit messages can be formatted. This leads to more
readable messages that are easy to follow when looking through the project history. But also,
we use the git commit messages to generate the AngularJS change log.
Commit Message Format
Each commit message consists of a header, a body and a footer. The header has a special
format that includes a type, a scope and a subject:
<type>(<scope>): <subject>
<BLANK LINE>
<body>
<BLANK LINE>
<footer>
Any line of the commit message cannot be longer 100 characters! This allows the message to be easier
to read on github as well as in various git tools.
Type
Must be one of the following:
- feat: A new feature
- fix: A bug fix
- docs: Documentation only changes
- style: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc)
- refactor: A code change that neither fixes a bug or adds a feature
- test: Adding missing tests
- chore: Changes to the build process or auxiliary tools and libraries such as documentation generation
Scope
The scope could be anything specifying place of the commit change. For example $location
,
$browser
, $compile
, $rootScope
, ngHref
, ngClick
, ngView
, etc...
Subject
The subject contains succinct description of the change:
- use the imperative, present tense: "change" not "changed" nor "changes"
- don't capitalize first letter
- no dot (.) at the end
###Body
Just as in the subject, use the imperative, present tense: "change" not "changed" nor "changes"
The body should include the motivation for the change and contrast this with previous behavior.
###Footer
The footer should contain any information about Breaking Changes and is also the place to
reference GitHub issues that this commit Closes.
A detailed explanation can be found in this [document][commit-message-format].
[commit-message-format]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QrDFcIiPjSLDn3EL15IJygNPiHORgU1_OOAqWjiDU5Y/edit#
Contributing
In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.
Release History
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