This is a forked version of ardalanamin/auto-changelog.

What's Different

• Generates change logs between the latest two version tags, regardless of the sha of the commit which triggers the action.

  • version tags: semver string starting with v (e.g. v1.2.3)

• Added a release timestamp (e.g. 2021-03-12 AM09:54:54 in KST)

• Added a link to diff between the latest two tags

• Added a little decoration

  • Added change type
  • Added some emoji

Example Usage

uses: ryan-cha/auto-changelog-between-tags@latest
with:
  token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
  exclude: "perf,other,breaking"

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+ Original README.md

Auto Changelog

Automatic Changelog generator

Usage

To use this action, your commit messages have to follow the format below:

type(category): description [flag]

The type must be one of the followings:

• breaking (Breaking Changes)
• build (Build System / Dependencies)
• ci (Continuous Integration)
• chore (Chores)
• docs (Documentation Changes)
• feat (New Features)
• fix (Bug Fixes)
• other (Other Changes)
• perf (Performance Improvements)
• refactor (Refactors)
• revert (Reverts)
• style (Code Style Changes)
• test (Tests)

If the type is not found in the list, it'll be considered as other.

The category is optional and can be anything of your choice.

The flag is optional (if provided, it must be surrounded in square brackets) and can be one of the followings:

• ignore (Omits the commit from the changelog)

If flag is not found in the list, it'll be ignored.

Inputs

token (Required)

Github token.

exclude (Optional)

Exclude selected commit types (comma separated).

Outputs

changelog

The generated changelog.

Example usage

uses: ardalanamini/auto-changelog@v1.1.0
with:
  token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
  exclude: "perf,other,breaking"