Overview

Changelogd allows teams to avoid merge conflicts for the changelog files. The changelogd content is stored within multiple YAML files - one per each changelog entry. Then, during application release, all input files are combined into one release file. The script uses Jinja2 templates to generate one consistent text file out of all input YAML files. The default output format is Markdown, but by modifying the templates it can be changed into any text format you like.

Installation

You can install changelogd via pip from PyPI:

$ pip install changelogd

Quickstart

First, initialize changelogd configuration.

$ changelogd init
Created main configuration file: changelog.d\config.yaml
Copied templates to changelog.d\templates

Then, create changelog entries:

$ changelogd entry
        [1]: Features [feature]
        [2]: Bug fixes [bug]
        [3]: Documentation changes [doc]
        [4]: Deprecations [deprecation]
        [5]: Other changes [other]
> Select message type [1]: 2
> Issue ID: 100
> Changelog message: Changelog message
Created changelog entry at changelog.d\bug.a3f13823.entry.yaml

Finally, generate changelog file.

$ changelogd release version-number
> Release description (hit ENTER to omit): This is the initial release.
Saved new release data into changelog.d\releases\0.release-name.yaml
Generated changelog file to changelog.md

Output file:

# Changelog


## version-number (2020-01-11)

This is the initial release.

### Bug fixes
* [#100](http://repo/issues/100): Changelog message ([@user](user@example.com))

Documentation

For full documentation, please see https://changelogd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/.

License

Distributed under the terms of the MIT license, “changelogd” is free and open source software

Issues

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.

0.1.11 (2026-09-21)

0.1.10 (2026-03-22)

0.1.9 (2025-01-12)

0.1.8 (2023-02-24)

0.1.7 (2022-10-10)

0.1.6 (2022-09-06)

0.1.5 (2020-01-30)

0.1.4 (2020-01-24)

0.1.3 (2020-01-20)

0.1.2 (2020-01-17)

0.1.1 (2020-01-16)

Initial release