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Generate changelog from git history, tags and merged pull requests
https://github.com/songmu/ghch

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Generate changelog from git history, tags and merged pull requests

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## Description

Generate changelog from git history, tags and merged pull requests

## Installation

% go install github.com/Songmu/ghch/cmd/ghch@latest

## Synopsis

% ghch -r /path/to/repo [--format markdown]

## Options

```
-r, --repo= git repository path (default: .)
-f, --from= git commit revision range start from
-t, --to= git commit revision range end to
--latest output changes between latest two semantic versioned tags
-v, --verbose
-F, --format= json or markdown (default: json)
-A, --all output all changes
-N, --next-version=
-g, --git= git path (default: git)
--token= github token
--remote= default remote name (default: origin)
```

## GITHUB Token

When github's api token is required in private repository etc., it is used in the following order of priority.

- command line option `--token`
- enviroment variable `GITHUB_TOKEN`
- `git config github.token`

## GitHub Enterprise

You can use `ghch` for GitHub Enterprise. Change API endpoint via the enviromental variable.

$ export GITHUB_API=http://github.company.com/api/v3

## Requirements

git 1.8.5 or newer is required.

## Examples

### display changes from last versioned tag

% ghch
{
"pull_requests": [
{
"html_url": "https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/221",
"title": "Fix typo",
"number": 221,
"state": "closed",
"user": {
"login": "yukiyan",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7304122?v=3",
"type": "User"
},
"body": "Just fixing a typo 😄 ",
"created_at": "2016-04-19T08:27:30Z",
"updated_at": "2016-04-25T01:51:15Z",
"merged_at": "2016-04-25T01:51:11Z",
...
"merged_by": {
"login": "stefafafan",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3520520?v=3",
"type": "User"
}
},
...
],
"from_revision": "v0.30.2",
"to_revision": "",
"changed_at": "2016-04-27T19:05:49+09:00",
"owner": "mackerelio",
"repo": "mackerel-agent"
}

### display changes from last versioned tag in markdown

% ghch --format=markdown --next-version=v0.30.3
## [v0.30.3](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/releases/tag/v0.30.3) (2016-04-27)

* retry retirement when api request failed [#224](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/224) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))
* Fix comments [#222](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/222) ([stefafafan](https://github.com/stefafafan))
* Remove go get cmd/vet [#223](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/223) ([itchyny](https://github.com/itchyny))
* [nit] [plugin.checks.foo ] is valid toml now [#225](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/225) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))
* Remove usr local bin again [#217](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/217) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))
* Fix typo [#221](https://github.com/mackerelio/mackerel-agent/pull/221) ([yukiyan](https://github.com/yukiyan))

### display changes between two tags semantic versioned in markdown

% ghch -F markdown --latest
## [v0.2.0](https://github.com/Songmu/ghch/compare/v0.1.3...v0.2.0) (2018-01-01)

* introduce goxz for releasing and drop goxc dependency [#17](https://github.com/Songmu/ghch/pull/17) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))
* add --latest option for output changes between latest two semantic versioned tags [#16](https://github.com/Songmu/ghch/pull/16) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))
* fill oldest commit hash when from ref is empty [#15](https://github.com/Songmu/ghch/pull/15) ([Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu))

### display all changes

% ghch --format=markdown --next-version=v0.30.3 --all
...

### display changes between specified two revisions

% ghch --from v0.9.0 --to v0.9.1
...

## Author

[Songmu](https://github.com/Songmu)