github_changelog_entry

Github Changelog Entry

Simple changelog assistant for a team working with github. Fetches issues from github and outputs them in a format that can be copy pasted into your changelog and edited to fit your needs.

The idea here is NOT to have a fully automatic changelog.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "github_changelog_entry"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install github_changelog_entry

Usage

Generating a new changelog entry

gce generate -t <github_token> -r <repo_name>

This will use all of the issues created since the last release.

List of options

  -l, [--default-to-latest-tag], [--no-default-to-latest-tag]  # If false, will not try to limit the query to the issues created after a given tag
                                                               # Default: true
  -o, [--origin-tag=ORIGIN_TAG]                                # Choose a given tag as an origin
  -m, [--milestone-number=MILESTONE_NUMBER]                    # Select issues linked to this milestone (the number needs to be in the milestone title separated by spaces)
  -s, [--issue-state=ISSUE_STATE]                              # Override the state parameter
                                                               # Default: closed
                                                               # Possible values: open, closed, all

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/alxckn/github_changelog_entry.