release-notes

Generate release notes from git tags by diffing the latest tag against the previous one. The tool summarizes changes into thematic groups and attributes contributors, producing a shareable text file saved to the releaseNotes directory.

The best way to summarize git tag differences is comparing the latest tag against the previous release. This process groups changes into readable themes and attributes contributors to produce stakeholder-friendly release notes.

Yes, you need a git repository with tagged releases to create readable release notes. The tool requires existing git tags to diff the latest version against the previous one and generate the summary file.

Yes, you can group git commit changes into themes for release notes. The tool automatically organizes tag diff changes into 2 to 5 thematic groups and attributes contributors to provide reader-friendly context.

Contributor attribution in git release notes generation works by identifying commit authors between two tags. The tool reads the tag diff and attributes contributors to readers within the generated summary file.

Release notes generation requires previous git tags because it calculates the diff between the latest tag and the prior one. Without existing tagged releases, there is no baseline to compare changes against for the summary.