Automatically publish changelog to Github release

Author: 4Ply

.github/workflows/changelog.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Publish changelog
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+
+jobs:
+  generate-changelog:
+    name: Generate changelog
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    outputs:
+      release_body: ${{ steps.git-cliff.outputs.content }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Generate a changelog
+        uses: orhun/git-cliff-action@main
+        id: git-cliff
+        with:
+          config: cliff.toml
+          args: --strip all -v --latest --github-repo ${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Create Github release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          make_latest: true
+          body_path: ${{ steps.git-cliff.outputs.changelog }}

cliff.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# git-cliff ~ configuration file
+# https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
+
+[changelog]
+
+# template for the changelog body
+# https://keats.github.io/tera/docs/#introduction
+body = """
+{% if version -%}
+    ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}] - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+    ### {{ group | upper_first }}
+    {% for commit in commits %}
+        - {{ commit.message | split(pat="\n") | first | upper_first | trim }}\
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}\n
+{% endif -%}
+"""
+
+# template for the changelog footer
+footer = """
+{% for release in releases -%}
+    {% if release.version -%}
+        {% if release.previous.version -%}
+            [{{ release.version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}]: \
+                https://github.com/{{ remote.github.owner }}/{{ remote.github.repo }}\
+                    /compare/{{ release.previous.version }}..{{ release.version }}
+        {% endif -%}
+    {% else -%}
+        [unreleased]: https://github.com/{{ remote.github.owner }}/{{ remote.github.repo }}\
+            /compare/{{ release.previous.version }}..HEAD
+    {% endif -%}
+{% endfor %}
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->
+"""
+
+# remove the leading and trailing whitespace from the templates
+trim = true
+
+[git]
+# parse the commits based on https://www.conventionalcommits.org
+conventional_commits = true
+# filter out the commits that are not conventional
+filter_unconventional = false
+# regex for parsing and grouping commits
+commit_parsers = [
+    { message = "^[a|A]dd", group = "Added" },
+    { message = "^[s|S]upport", group = "Added" },
+    { message = "^[r|R]emove", group = "Removed" },
+    { message = "^.*: add", group = "Added" },
+    { message = "^.*: support", group = "Added" },
+    { message = "^.*: remove", group = "Removed" },
+    { message = "^.*: delete", group = "Removed" },
+    { message = "^test", group = "Fixed" },
+    { message = "^fix", group = "Fixed" },
+    { message = "^.*: fix", group = "Fixed" },
+    { message = "^.*", group = "Changed" },
+  # { message = ".*changelog.*", changelog = true },
+]
+# filter out the commits that are not matched by commit parsers
+filter_commits = false
+# sort the tags topologically
+topo_order = false
+# sort the commits inside sections by oldest/newest order
+sort_commits = "newest"
+