kacs 0.1.0

Keep a changelog, stupid! Generate changelogs from git commits using LLM.

kacs

Keep a changelog, stupid!

A minimal Python CLI tool that generates changelogs from git commit messages using LLM analysis. Perfect for CI/CD pipelines and automated release workflows.

Features

• 🚀 Minimal dependencies - Only requires ask2api + Python stdlib
• 📝 Keep a Changelog format - Generates valid keepachangelog.com format
• 🤖 LLM-powered analysis - Automatically categorizes commits into Added, Changed, Fixed, etc.
• ⚡ CI/CD ready - Fast execution suitable for automated workflows
• 🎯 Git tag based - Extract commits between any two git tags

Installation

pip install kacs

Setup

Set your API key as an environment variable:

export ASK2API_API_KEY="your-api-key"
# or
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-key"

Usage

Basic Usage

# Generate changelog between two tags
kacs --from-tag v1.0.0 --to-tag v1.1.0

# With custom date
kacs --from-tag v1.0.0 --to-tag v1.1.0 --date 2017-07-17

# Save to file
kacs --from-tag v1.0.0 --to-tag v1.1.0 --output CHANGELOG.md

Example Output

## [1.1.0] - 2024-01-15

### Added
- New user authentication system
- Support for multiple database backends

### Changed
- Improved error handling in API endpoints
- Updated documentation structure

### Fixed
- Fixed memory leak in background tasks
- Resolved issue with concurrent requests

CI/CD Integration

# GitHub Actions example
- name: Generate Changelog
  run: |
    pip install kacs
    kacs --from-tag ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} --to-tag HEAD --output CHANGELOG.md
  env:
    ASK2API_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ASK2API_API_KEY }}

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Run tests and linting
5. Submit a pull request

Links

• PyPI Package
• GitHub Repository
• Keep a Changelog