[Feature Request] Link to Changelog

[heisarzola]

Could the version number at the bottom of the side menu be changed to a link to the github changelog/release?

Watchtower updates the docker image for me, but it's hard to tell what changes have been done without checking the latest releases page.

Most would say an in-platform changelog would be ideal, but this should be a nice compromise.

[gotson]

What value would that bring, given you already now where to check for the recent changes?

[heisarzola]

It's far from optimal, and especially slow to check on mobile.

While indeed I do know where to look at, and can even check my watchtower logs to verify that indeed a new update was uploaded (doesn't give me update info there), I'd still need either have the releases page bookmarked (which I don't on all my devices) or in the recent search history, else I'd have to google the github and look for the releases button, sitting through the loading of each new page.

A direct link would just be a click, scroll to check, and that's it.

Of course, this is just an exaggerated breakdown, it's far from grueling or painfully slow, but it's still annoying having to check the changes externally, only to find out it was a routine edge case bug fix or similar type of update.

[gotson]

which link should it point to? The generic releases page, or should it point to the actual release details page, for example if you are running 0.128.0 it would link to this page even if more releases happened since?

[KucharczykL]

Not the original author but I've noticed you already have a CHANGELOG.md file so why not link to that? For example: https://github.com/gotson/komga/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#01284-2021-09-23 That would always scroll to the correct version but also allow reading all the changes in the same spot.

[heisarzola]

Yea I'd say it'd have to be to either the full releases page, or that md file, the idea just being that you'd just scroll down to view all changes, with the ones at the top being the latest.

Both look fine enough, I'd be more inclined with the the md file for this purpose though, as it's more compact and to the point.

[gotson]

Not the original author but I've noticed you already have a CHANGELOG.md file so why not link to that? For example: https://github.com/gotson/komga/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#01284-2021-09-23 That would always scroll to the correct version but also allow reading all the changes in the same spot.

the problem with the header links in that changelog is that they need the date too to work

[heisarzola]

https://github.com/gotson/komga/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md should always point to the newest one without the need to make a parser for the part at the end.

[gotson]

https://github.com/gotson/komga/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md should always point to the newest one without the need to make a parser for the part at the end.

yes that's what i will go for

[github-actions[bot]]

:tada: This issue has been resolved in version 0.129.0 :tada:

The release is available on:

• v0.129.0
• GitHub release

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[KucharczykL]

A small change but really appreciated, thanks!