ghch

Description

Generate changelog from git history, tags and merged pull requests

Installation

% go install github.com/Songmu/ghch/cmd/ghch@latest

Synopsis

% ghch -r /path/to/repo [--format markdown]

Options

-r, --repo=         git repository path (default: .)
-f, --from=         git commit revision range start from
-t, --to=           git commit revision range end to
    --latest        output changes between latest two semantic versioned tags
-v, --verbose
-F, --format=       json or markdown (default: json)
-A, --all           output all changes
-N, --next-version=
-g, --git=          git path (default: git)
    --token=        github token
    --remote=       default remote name (default: origin)

GITHUB Token

When github's api token is required in private repository etc., it is used in the following order of priority.

command line option --token
enviroment variable GITHUB_TOKEN
git config github.token

GitHub Enterprise

You can use ghch for GitHub Enterprise. Change API endpoint via the enviromental variable.

$ export GITHUB_API=http://github.company.com/api/v3

Requirements

git 1.8.5 or newer is required.

Examples

display changes from last versioned tag

% ghch
{
  "pull_requests": [
    {
      "html_url": "https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/221",
      "title": "Fix typo",
      "number": 221,
      "state": "closed",
      "user": {
        "login": "yukiyan",
        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7304122?v=3",
        "type": "User"
      },
      "body": "Just fixing a typo 😄 ",
      "created_at": "2016-04-19T08:27:30Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-04-25T01:51:15Z",
      "merged_at": "2016-04-25T01:51:11Z",
      ...
      "merged_by": {
        "login": "stefafafan",
        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3520520?v=3",
        "type": "User"
      }
    },
    ...
  ],
  "from_revision": "v0.30.2",
  "to_revision": "",
  "changed_at": "2016-04-27T19:05:49+09:00",
  "owner": "mackerelio",
  "repo": "mackerel-agent"
}

display changes from last versioned tag in markdown

% ghch --format=markdown --next-version=v0.30.3
## [v0.30.3](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/releases/tag/v0.30.3) (2016-04-27)

* retry retirement when api request failed [#224](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/224) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))
* Fix comments [#222](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/222) ([stefafafan](https://github.com/stefafafan))
* Remove go get cmd/vet [#223](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/223) ([itchyny](https://github.com/itchyny))
* [nit] [plugin.checks.foo ] is valid toml now [#225](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/225) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))
* Remove usr local bin again [#217](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/217) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))
* Fix typo [#221](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/221) ([yukiyan](https://github.com/yukiyan))

display changes between two tags semantic versioned in markdown

% ghch -F markdown --latest
## [v0.2.0](https://github.com/Songmu/ghch/compare/v0.1.3...v0.2.0) (2018-01-01)

* introduce goxz for releasing and drop goxc dependency [#17](https://github.com/Songmu/ghch/pull/17) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))
* add --latest option for output changes between latest two semantic versioned tags [#16](https://github.com/Songmu/ghch/pull/16) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))
* fill oldest commit hash when from ref is empty [#15](https://github.com/Songmu/ghch/pull/15) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))

display all changes

% ghch --format=markdown --next-version=v0.30.3 --all
...

display changes between specified two revisions

% ghch --from v0.9.0 --to v0.9.1
...

Author

Songmu