matyan 0.2

Generate changelog from Git commits.

Generate changelog from Git commits.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8

Documentation

Documentation is available on Read the Docs.

Installation

Latest stable version on PyPI:

pip install matyan

Usage

See Basic concepts section to get impression on possible commit methodology and assumptions taken.

Generate changelog:

generate-changelog

Generate changelog skipping orphaned commits:

In some cases you only want to show what has been done with tickets and skip all non-ticket related commits.

generate-changelog --no-other

Generate changelog between two releases:

In some cases you only want to show what has been done since last release. The following example would generate changelog since version 0.0.1 to version 0.0.3.

generate-changelog 0.0.1..0.0.3

Generate changelog between two branches:

In some cases you only want to show what has been done since last release. The following example would generate changelog since version 0.0.1 to version 0.0.3.

generate-changelog master..dev

Generate changelog with releases info shown

generate-changelog --show-releases

Generate changelog between releases with releases info shown

generate-changelog 0.0.1..0.0.3 --show-releases

Generate changelog between branches with releases info shown

generate-changelog master..dev --show-releases

Generate changelog for the latest release with releases info shown

generate-changelog --latest-release --show-releases

Configuration

In order to customize names and texts, add a .matyan.ini in your project directory, form which you will be running the generate-changelog command.

Sample configuration:

[BranchTypes]
feature: Feature
bugfix: Bugfix
hotfix: Hotfix
deprecation: Deprecation

[OtherBranchType]
other: Other

[Unreleased]
unreleased: Unreleased

[IgnoreCommits]
exact: more
       clean up
       code comments
       more on docs
       repo
       working
       more on
       wip
       commit
prefix: more on
        continue on

Tips and tricks

Write to file

generate-changelog --show-releases 2>&1 | tee changelog.md

Create initial config file

matyan-create-config

Testing

Simply type:

./runtests.py

Or use tox:

tox

Or use tox to check specific env:

tox -e py36

Writing documentation

Keep the following hierarchy.

=====
title
=====

header
======

sub-header
----------

sub-sub-header
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

sub-sub-sub-header
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

sub-sub-sub-sub-header
++++++++++++++++++++++

sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-header
**************************

License

GPL-2.0-only OR LGPL-2.1-or-later

Support

For any issues contact me at the e-mail given in the Author section.

Author

Artur Barseghyan <[e-mail]>