git-cliff-action/README.md

git-cliff action ⛰️

This action generates a changelog based on your Git history using git-cliff on the fly!

Usage

Input variables

• config: Path of the configuration file. (Default: "cliff.toml")
• args: Arguments to pass to git-cliff. (Default: "-v")

Output variables

• changelog: Output file that contains the generated changelog.
• content: Content of the changelog.

Environment variables

• OUTPUT: Output file. (Default: "git-cliff/CHANGELOG.md")

Examples

Simple

The following example fetches the whole Git history (fetch-depth: 0), generates a changelog in ./CHANGELOG.md, and prints it out.

jobs:
  changelog:
    name: Generate changelog
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Generate a changelog
        uses: orhun/git-cliff-action@v1
        id: git-cliff
        with:
          config: cliff.toml
          args: --verbose
        env:
          OUTPUT: CHANGELOG.md

      - name: Print the changelog
        run: cat "${{ steps.git-cliff.outputs.changelog }}"

Advanced

The following example generates a changelog for the latest pushed tag and sets it as the body of the release.

It uses svenstaro/upload-release-action for uploading the release assets.

jobs:
  changelog:
    name: Generate changelog
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      release_body: ${{ steps.release.outputs.RELEASE_BODY }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Generate a changelog
        uses: orhun/git-cliff-action@v1
        id: git-cliff
        with:
          config: cliff.toml
          args: -vv --latest --strip header
        env:
          OUTPUT: CHANGES.md

      - name: Set the release body
        id: release
        shell: bash
        run: |
          r=$(cat ${{ steps.git-cliff.outputs.changelog }})
          r="${r//'%'/'%25'}"     # Multiline escape sequences for %
          r="${r//$'\n'/'%0A'}"   # Multiline escape sequences for '\n'
          r="${r//$'\r'/'%0D'}"   # Multiline escape sequences for '\r'
          echo 'RELEASE_BODY<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "$r" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV

      # use release body in the same job
      - name: Upload the binary releases
        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
        with:
          file: binary_release.zip
          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          tag: ${{ github.ref }}
          body: ${{ steps.release.outputs.RELEASE_BODY }}

  # use release body in another job
  upload:
    name: Upload the release
    needs: changelog
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Upload the binary releases
        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
        with:
          file: binary_release.zip
          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          tag: ${{ github.ref }}
          body: ${{ needs.changelog.outputs.release_body }}

Credits

This action is based on lycheeverse/lychee-action and uses git-cliff.

License

GNU General Public License (v3.0)

Copyright

Copyright © 2021, Orhun Parmaksız