Generate Beautiful Changelogs using Conventional Commits
Generate a changelog in Markdown format and display in the console:
npx changelogen@latest
Generate a changelog, bump the version in package.json
and update CHANGELOG.md
(without commit):
npx changelogen@latest --bump
Bump the version, update CHANGELOG.md
and make a git commit and tag:
npx changelogen@latest --release
npx changelogen@latest [...args] [--dir <dir>]
Arguments:
--from
: Start commit reference. When not provided, latest git tag will be used as default.--to
: End commit reference. When not provided, latest commit in HEAD will be used as default.--dir
: Path to git repository. When not provided, current working directory will be used as as default.--clean
: Determine if the working directory is clean and if it is not clean, exit.--output
: Changelog file name to create or update. Defaults toCHANGELOG.md
and resolved relative to dir. Use--no-output
to write to console only.--bump
: Determine semver change and update version inpackage.json
.--release
. Bumps version inpackage.json
and creates commit and git tags using localgit
. You can disable commit using--no-commit
and tag using--no-tag
. You can enable the automatic push of the new tag and release commit to your git repository by adding--push
.--publish
. Publishes package as a new version onnpm
. You will need to set authorisation tokens separately via.npmrc
or environment variables.--publishTag
Use custom npm tag for publishing (Default islatest
)--nameSuffix
: Adds suffix to package name (Example:--nameSuffix canary
renamesfoo
tofoo-canary
)--versionSuffix
: Adds suffix to package version. When set without value or totrue
, uses date + commit hash as commit--canary
. Shortcut to--bump --versionSuffix
(--nameSuffix
will be also added if arg has a string value).-r
: Release as specific version.--major
: Bump as a semver-major version--minor
: Bump as a semver-minor version--patch
: Bump as a semver-patch version--premajor
: Bump as a semver-premajor version, can set id with string.--preminor
: Bump as a semver-preminor version, can set id with string.--prepatch
: Bump as a semver-prepatch version, can set id with string.--prerelease
: Bump as a semver-prerelease version, can set id with string.
Changelogen has built-in functionality to sync with with Github releases.
In order to manually sync a release, you can use changelogen gh release
. It will parse current CHANGELOG.md
from current repository (local, then remote) and create or update releases.
Usage:
npx changelogen@latest gh release [all|versions...] [--dir] [--token]
To enable this integration, make sure there is a valid repository
field in package.json
or repo
is set in .changelogenrc
.
By default in unauthenticated mode, changelogen will open a browser link to make manual release. By providing github token, it can be automated.
- Using environment variables or
.env
, useCHANGELOGEN_TOKENS_GITHUB
orGITHUB_TOKEN
orGH_TOKEN
- Using CLI args, use
--token <token>
- Using global configuration, put
tokens.github=<token>
inside~/.changlogenrc
- Using GitHub CLI token when authenticated with
gh auth login
Configuration is loaded by unjs/c12 from cwd. You can use either changelog.config.json
, changelog.config.{ts,js,mjs,cjs}
, .changelogrc
or use the changelog
field in package.json
.
See ./src/config.ts for available options and defaults.
- Clone this repository
- Enable Corepack using
corepack enable
(usenpm i -g corepack
for Node.js < 16.10) - Install dependencies using
pnpm install
- Run interactive tests using
pnpm dev
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