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Creates a markdown changelog for your repository, based on your repository's releases, issues and pull-requests. Inspired by github-changelog-generator for Ruby.

Installation

Composer

$ composer require ins0/github-changelog-generator

Usage

Note: You can see an example of the output generated, here.

PHP

<?php
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$token = '...';   // The token is not required, but is still recommended.
$repository = new ins0\GitHub\Repository('ins0/github-changelog-generator', $token);
$changelog = new ins0\GitHub\ChangelogGenerator($repository);

// The ChangelogGenerator::generate() method does throw
// exceptions, so remember to wrap your code in try/catch blocks.
try {
    $handle = fopen('CHANGELOG.md', 'w');

    if (!$handle) {
        throw new RuntimeException('Cannot open file for writing');
    }

    // Write markdown output to file
    fwrite($handle, $changelog->generate());
    fclose($handle);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle exceptions...
}

If your repository uses labels other than feature, bug or enhancement you can customize them, like so:

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$labelMappings = [
    ins0\GitHub\ChangelogGenerator::LABEL_TYPE_ADDED => ['feature', 'anotherFeatureLabel'],
    ins0\GitHub\ChangelogGenerator::LABEL_TYPE_CHANGED => ['enhancement', 'anotherEnhancementLabel'],
    ins0\GitHub\ChangelogGenerator::LABEL_TYPE_FIXED => ['bug', 'anotherBugLabel']
];

$changelog = new ins0\GitHub\ChangelogGenerator($repository, $labelMappings);

If you would like to customize the section headers, you can override the built in ones or add additional

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$typeHeadings = [
    ins0\GitHub\ChangelogGenerator::LABEL_TYPE_ADDED => '### New stuff!'
];

$changelog = new ins0\GitHub\ChangelogGenerator($repository, [], $labelHeaders);

CLI

$ php vendor/bin/github-changelog-generator ins0/github-changelog-generator > CHANGELOG.md

CLI

This command line tool supports output redirection/pipelining, unless the --file option is provided.

Required:

• [repository]: The url to your GitHub repository, without the domain. E.g. ins0/github-changelog-generator

Boolean:

• This tool does not use any boolean flags.

Optional:

• --token (-t): Your GithHub OAUTH token.
• --file (-f): Write output to a file.
• --help: Access the help menu.

Exit Codes:

• 0: success
• 1: fail

Testing

This library uses the PHPUnit test suite.

$ composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING and CONDUCT for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email rieger@racecore.de instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Marco Rieger
• Nathan Bishop
• Tony Murray

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see the LICENSE file for more information.