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github-tools / github-release-notes

Node module to create a release or a changelog from a tag and uses issues or commits to creating the release notes.

https://github-tools.github.io/github-release-notes/

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Provide commit sha to start with #206

Open masim05 opened 5 years ago

masim05 commented 5 years ago

Thanks for such a useful tool.

Current high level logic of gren.js release --data-source=commits is:

determine a date range
pick commits in master branch within this range
create release notes using the commits

As a result, the following workflow is problematic (release notes are empty):

create a new release branch from master
merge to the release branch new changes
tag the release branch
generate release notes from the tag
merge release to master

One option to fix it is to provide sha to start history with. Currently it is not provided so default master is used.

I will create a PR doing that. Also any workaround is appreciated.

The issue may be related to https://github.com/github-tools/github-release-notes/issues/195 and https://github.com/github-tools/github-release-notes/issues/116 .