Generate Changelog or Release Notes

Generate release notes based on Github pull request title from given two git-refs

Usage:

release-notes.sh [<commit-ish>] [<lasttagname>]

release-notes.sh --release <tagname>

release-notes.sh --draft <tagname>

Options:

-l, --list list tags sorted by creatordate

-h, --help print this help

<commit-ish> Commit-ish object names, branch or tagname represents the end of revision range. Defaults to HEAD

<lasttagname> represents the beginning of revision range. Defaults to last <tagname>

Example:

  release-notes.sh

  [Changeset](../../compare/<lasttagname>...<commit-ish>)
  * #9 Use short ref instead of HEAD in changelog message
  * #8 support other git remote standards for determining API endpoint
  * #4 Update changelog message
  * #3 If no variable is provided, default to the last tag
  * #2 Add support for using tags as GIT_START_REF

Example to create a Github Release tag

git tag $tagname
git push --tags
release-notes.sh --release $tagname

Dependencies:

gh-cli

GitHub command-line tool

hub

an extension to command-line git that helps you do everyday GitHub tasks without ever leaving the terminal.

Alternatives

Automatically generated release notes