diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index aae1b5a2..c57ca109 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
- ... a GitHub action that builds your release notes / changelog fast, easy and exactly the way you want. + ... a GitHub action that builds your release notes / changelog fast simple and exactly the way you want.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs: steps: - name: Build Changelog id: github_release - uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4 + uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v5 env: GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Build Changelog - uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4 + uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v5 with: configurationJson: | { @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Build Changelog - uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4 + uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v5 with: commitMode: true configurationJson: | @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ This example defines a regex to extract the label from the commit message. Handl ### Action inputs -Depending on the usecase additional settings can be provided to the action +Depending on the use-case additional settings can be provided to the action ```yml - name: "Complex Configuration" @@ -221,13 +221,13 @@ Depending on the usecase additional settings can be provided to the action | `includeOpen` | Enables to also fetch currently open PRs. Default: false | | `ignorePreReleases` | Allows to ignore pre-releases for changelog generation (E.g. for 1.0.1... 1.0.0-rc02 <- ignore, 1.0.0 <- pick). Only used if `fromTag` was not specified. Default: false | | `failOnError` | Defines if the action will result in a build failure if problems occurred. Default: false | -| `fetchViaCommits` | Enables PRs to get fetched via the commits identified between from->to tag. This will do 1 API request per commit -> Best for scenarios with squash merges | Or shorter from->to diffs (< 10 commits) | Also effective for shorters diffs for very old PRs. Default: false | +| `fetchViaCommits` | Enables PRs to get fetched via the commits identified between from->to tag. This will do 1 API request per commit -> Best for scenarios with squash merges | Or shorter from->to diffs (< 10 commits) | Also effective for shorters diffs for very old PRs. Default: false | | `fetchReviewers` | Will enable fetching the users/reviewers who approved the PR. Default: false | | `fetchReleaseInformation` | Will enable fetching additional release information from tags. Default: false | | `fetchReviews` | Will enable fetching the reviews on of the PR. Default: false | | `commitMode` | Special configuration for projects which work without PRs. Uses commit messages as changelog. This mode looses access to information only available for PRs. Default: false | | `exportCache` | Will enable exporting the fetched PR information to a cache, which can be re-used by later runs. Default: false | -| `exportOnly` | When enabled, will result in only exporting the cache, without genearting a changelog. Default: false (Requires `exportCache` to be enabled) | +| `exportOnly` | When enabled, will result in only exporting the cache, without generating a changelog. Default: false (Requires `exportCache` to be enabled) | | `cache` | The file path to write/read the cache to/from. | > [!WARNING] @@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ A full set list of possible output values for this action. > When running this action for non tags trigger the `toTag` will be automatically resolved using the latest tag as retrieved by the git API. > [!NOTE] -> The first release tag is a special case since there is no previous release the action can reference to. For this case, there are 2 options: +> The first release tag is a special case since there is no previous release the action can reference to. For this case, there are two options: > 1. When checking out the source via `git` (E.g.: `actions/checkout`), the action will use the first commit. -> 2. Create a initial tag on the commit you want to begin a changelog from (for example `v0.0.1`). +> 2. Create an initial tag on the commit you want to begin a changelog from (for example `v0.0.1`). > [!NOTE] > By default not specifying `fromTag` or `toTag` will resolve `toTag` from either the `ref` or alternatively fallback to the latest tag from the git API. `fromTag` is resolved by sorting tags using [semver](https://semver.org/). Check the [configuration](#configuration-specification) for alternatives. @@ -286,17 +286,14 @@ A full set list of possible output values for this action. ### Configuration -The action supports flexible and extensive configuration options, to finetune it for the specific projects needs. To do so provide the configuration either directly to the step via `configurationJson` or as file via the `configuration`. - -
-```yml - name: Build Changelog - uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v4 + uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v5 with: configurationJson: | { @@ -310,10 +307,6 @@ The action supports flexible and extensive configuration options, to finetune it } ``` -
-
@@ -517,10 +510,10 @@ For example: `REVIEWS[*].author` or `REVIEWS[*].body`
| `#{{REVIEWS[*].author}}` | GitHub Login names of specified reviewers. |
| `#{{REVIEWS[*].body}}` | The body of the review. |
| `#{{REVIEWS[*].htmlURL}}` | The URL to the given review. |
-| `#{{REVIEWS[*].submittedAt}}` | The date whent he review was submitted. |
+| `#{{REVIEWS[*].submittedAt}}` | The date went he review was submitted. |
| `#{{REVIEWS[*].state}}` | The state of the given review. |
-Similar to `REVIEWS`, `REFERENCED` PRs also offer special placeholders.
+Similar to `REVIEWS`, `REFERENCED` PRs also offer special placeholders.
| **Placeholder** | **Description** |
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
@@ -535,58 +528,55 @@ Similar to `REVIEWS`, `REFERENCED` PRs also offer special placeholders.
Table of descriptions for the `configuration.json` options to configure the resulting release notes / changelog.
-| **Input** | **Description** |
-|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| categories | An array of `category` specifications, offering a flexible way to group changes into categories. |
-| category.key | Optional key used for the `categorized` json output. |
-| category.title | The display name of a category in the changelog. |
-| category.labels | An array of labels, to match pull request labels against. If any PR label matches any category label, the pull request will show up under this category. (See `exhaustive` to change this) |
-| category.exclude_labels | Similar to `labels`, an array of labels to match PRs against, but if a match occurs the PR is excluded from this category. |
-| category.exhaustive | Will require all labels defined within this category to be present on the matching PR. |
-| category.exhaustive_rules | Will require all rules defined within this category to be valid on the matching PR. If not defined, defaults to the value of `exhaustive` |
-| category.empty_content | If the category has no matching PRs, this content will be used. When not set, the category will be skipped in the changelog. |
-| category.rules | An array of `rules` used to match PRs against. Any match will include the PR. (See `exhaustive` to change this) |
-| category.rules.pattern | A `regex` pattern to match the property value towards. Uses `RegExp.test("val")` |
-| category.rules.flags | Defines the regex flags specified for the pattern. Default: `gu`. |
-| category.rules.on_property | The PR property to match against. [Possible values](https://github.com/mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action/blob/develop/src/configuration.ts#L33-L43). |
-| ignore_labels | An array of labels, to match pull request labels against. If any PR label overlaps, the pull request will be ignored from the changelog. This takes precedence over category labels |
-| sort | A `sort` specification, offering the ability to define sort order and property. |
-| sort.order | The sort order. Allowed values: `ASC`, `DESC` |
-| sort.on_property | The property to sort on. Allowed values: `mergedAt`, `title` |
-| template | Specifies the global template to pick for creating the changelog. See [Template placeholders](#template-placeholders) for possible values |
-| pr_template | Defines the per pull request template. See [PR Template placeholders](#pr-template-placeholders) for possible values |
-| empty_template | Template to pick if no changes are detected. See [Template placeholders](#template-placeholders) for possible values |
-| label_extractor | An array of `Extractor` specifications, offering a flexible API to extract additinal labels from a PR (Default: `body`, Default in commit mode: `commit message`). |
-| label_extractor.
@@ -613,7 +603,7 @@ Regex replace pattern
```
Regexr style pattern (Use [regexr.com](https://regexr.com/) to test).
-To test on regexr inverse the escaping of `\\` to `\`
+To test on Regexr inverse the escaping of `\\` to `\`
```
{
@@ -635,7 +625,7 @@ To test on regexr inverse the escaping of `\\` to `\`
### Custom placeholders
-Starting with v3.2.0 the action provides a feature of defining `CUSTOM_PLACEHOLDERS`.
+Starting with v3.2.0 the action provides a feature of defining `CUSTOM_PLACEHOLDERS`.
Custom placeholders allow to extract values from any existing placeholder and insert them into the target template.
@@ -661,19 +651,19 @@ Custom placeholders can be defined via the `configuration.json` as `custom_place
}
```
-This example will look for JIRA tickets in the EPIC project, and extract all of these tickets. The exciting part for that case is, that the ticket is PR bound, but can be used in the global TEMPLATE, but equally also in the PR template. This is unique for CUSTOM PLACEHOLDERS as standard palceholders do not offer this functionality.
+This example will look for JIRA tickets in the EPIC project, and extract all of these tickets. The exciting part for that case is, that the ticket is PR-bound but can be used in the global TEMPLATE, but equally also in the PR template. This is unique for CUSTOM PLACEHOLDERS as standard placeholders do not offer this functionality.
-| **Input** | **Description** |
-|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| custom_placeholders | An array of `Placeholder` specifications, offering a flexible API to extract custom placeholders from existing placeholders. |
-| custom_placeholders.name | The name of the custom placeholder. Will be used within the template. |
-| custom_placeholders.source | The source PLACEHOLDER, requires to be one of the existing Template or PR Template placeholders. |
-| custom_placeholders.transformer.
-One major benefit of setting up a custom test is that it will allow you to use javascripts full debugging support, including the option of breakpoints via (for example) Visual Code.
+One major benefit of setting up a custom test is that it will allow you to use JavaScripts full debugging support, including the option of breakpoints via (for example) Visual Code.
From GitHub codespaces, open the terminal panel -> Click the small arrow down beside `+` and pick `JavaScript Debug Terminal` (make sure to export the token again). Now execute the test with this terminal. (This is very similar to local Visual Code environments).
@@ -751,7 +741,7 @@ From GitHub codespaces, open the terminal panel -> Click the small arrow down be
-To run the common tests of the action, you require to export a valid github token.
+To run the common tests of the action, you require to export a valid GitHub token.
```
# Export the token in the CLI you use to execute.
@@ -769,7 +759,7 @@ npm test -- main.test.ts # modify the file name to run other testcases
## Token Permission
-Permissions depend on the specific usecase, however this action only requires `read-only` permissions as it will not make modifications to the repository.
+Permissions depend on the specific use-case, however this action only requires `read-only` permissions as it will not make modifications to the repository.
### GitHub actions
@@ -789,22 +779,22 @@ For `Fine-grained personal access tokens` this means:
- `read` for [Pull requests](https://github.com/mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action/blob/develop/pr-collector/src/pullRequests.ts#L124)
- Covered by the `pull-requests` scope
-- `read` for [Commits](https://github.com/mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action/blob/develop/pr-collector/src/commits.ts#L54)
+- `read` for [Commits](https://github.com/mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action/blob/develop/pr-collector/src/commits.ts#L54)
- Covered by the `contents` scope
- `read` for [Tags](https://github.com/mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action/blob/develop/pr-collector/src/tags.ts#L32) (if not available the `from` and `to` refs have to be provided)
- Covered by the `contents` scope
- `read` to [list reviews](https://github.com/mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action/blob/develop/pr-collector/src/pullRequests.ts#L186)
- Covered by the `contents` scope
-
- ### Classic tokens
-
- For Classic tokens you only have to create the token without special permissions.
+
+### Classic tokens
+
+For Classic tokens you only have to create the token without special permissions.
## Developed By
* Mike Penz
- * [mikepenz.com](http://mikepenz.com) -
Javascript methods (`replace`, `replaceAll`, `match`) define the regex in JavaScript format (e.g. double backslash to escape a dot \\.). For example to include all matching tags and exclude the rest, use negative lookahead to exclude tags. For example, api.* will only include tags starting with "api", ^(?!alpha).* will exclude all tags starting with "alpha". |
+| Example regex configuration block
Debugging with Breakpoints
Run common tests