changelog-gen

Generate release notes from git history by parsing commits between two references, filtering out merges, and formatting the output into categorized Markdown entries. This process reads raw git logs and groups changes into Added, Changed, Fixed, and Removed categories.

Categorize git commits into a Markdown changelog by parsing the commit history between a start and end ref. The process automatically filters merge commits and groups the remaining changes into standard categories like Added, Changed, Fixed, and Removed.

Yes, you can create reproducible release notes between any two git refs. The tool reads raw git logs from a specified start and end reference, ensuring the resulting Markdown changelog accurately reflects only the commits in that range.

Exclude merge commits from automated changelog generation by using a tool that reads raw git logs and explicitly filters out merges. This ensures the final Markdown release notes contain only meaningful feature and bugfix entries.

Automated changelog generation works for software projects of any size. As long as the project maintains a git history between two references, the tool can parse the commits and produce a concise, categorized Markdown changelog suitable for release notes.