From 5cd0f8f794462621056ad0359217677511fa056e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Lisowski <lisowski54@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 17:57:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add --from latest option to release and changelog
 commands

---
 packages/cli/src/parse-args.ts | 11 ++++++-----
 packages/core/src/auto.ts      |  8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/parse-args.ts b/packages/cli/src/parse-args.ts
index 3d7d67774..758398088 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/parse-args.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/parse-args.ts
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ const useVersion: AutoOption = {
   group: "main",
   description:
     "Version number to publish as. Defaults to reading from the package definition for the platform.",
-}
+};
 
 interface AutoCommand extends Command {
   /** Options for the command */
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ export const commands: AutoCommand[] = [
         type: String,
         group: "main",
         description:
-          "Tag to start changelog generation on. Defaults to latest tag.",
+          "Tag to start changelog generation on. Defaults to latest tag or if a prerelease the latest tag in the branch. Provide latest to override.",
       },
       {
         name: "to",
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ export const commands: AutoCommand[] = [
         type: String,
         group: "main",
         description:
-          "Git revision (tag, commit sha, ...) to start release notes from. Defaults to latest tag.",
+          "Tag to start changelog generation on. Defaults to latest tag or if a prerelease the latest tag in the branch. Provide latest to override.",
       },
       {
         name: "to",
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ export const commands: AutoCommand[] = [
       },
       {
         desc: "Create a GitHub release using provided commit range and version",
-        example: "{green $} auto release --from v0.20.1 --to HEAD --use-version v0.21.0",
+        example:
+          "{green $} auto release --from v0.20.1 --to HEAD --use-version v0.21.0",
       },
     ],
   },
@@ -538,7 +539,7 @@ export const commands: AutoCommand[] = [
       ...latestCommandArgs,
       {
         ...useVersion,
-        description: `${useVersion.description} Currently only supported for the **npm plugin**.`
+        description: `${useVersion.description} Currently only supported for the **npm plugin**.`,
       },
       {
         name: "only-graduate-with-release-label",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/auto.ts b/packages/core/src/auto.ts
index 2dc75958e..4e265d12e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/auto.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/auto.ts
@@ -1913,7 +1913,9 @@ export default class Auto {
       );
     }
 
-    const lastRelease = from || (await this.git.getLatestRelease());
+    const latestRelease = await this.git.getLatestRelease();
+    const lastRelease =
+      (from === "latest" && latestRelease) || from || latestRelease;
     const bump = await this.release.getSemverBump(lastRelease, to);
     const releaseNotes = await this.release.generateReleaseNotes(
       lastRelease,
@@ -1995,11 +1997,13 @@ export default class Auto {
       return process.exit(1);
     }
 
+    const latestRelease = await this.git.getLatestRelease();
     const isPrerelease = prerelease || this.inPrereleaseBranch();
     let lastRelease =
+      (from === "latest" && latestRelease) ||
       from ||
       (isPrerelease && (await this.git.getPreviousTagInBranch())) ||
-      (await this.git.getLatestRelease());
+      latestRelease;
 
     // Find base commit or latest release to generate the changelog to HEAD (new tag)
     this.logger.veryVerbose.info(`Using ${lastRelease} as previous release.`);

From b9aa3db0718a3af87373fd9cfc0d43293835c82b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Lisowski <lisowski54@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 18:13:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix tests

---
 packages/core/src/__tests__/auto-make-changelog.test.ts | 1 +
 packages/core/src/__tests__/auto.test.ts                | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/auto-make-changelog.test.ts b/packages/core/src/__tests__/auto-make-changelog.test.ts
index 0ef180820..4511b552d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/__tests__/auto-make-changelog.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/auto-make-changelog.test.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jest.mock("@octokit/rest", () => {
 
     repos = {
       get: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve({})),
+      getLatestRelease: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ data: { tag_name: "" } }),
     };
 
     hook = {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/auto.test.ts b/packages/core/src/__tests__/auto.test.ts
index ef3df3196..1a40732c6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/__tests__/auto.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/auto.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ jest.mock("@octokit/rest", () => {
 
     repos = {
       get: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({}),
+      getLatestRelease: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ data: { tag_name: "" } }),
     };
 
     hook = {
@@ -976,7 +977,6 @@ describe("Auto", () => {
       );
     });
 
-
     test("should use --to commit target", async () => {
       const auto = new Auto({ ...defaults, plugins: [] });
       auto.logger = dummyLog();
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ describe("Auto", () => {
       auto.hooks.afterRelease.tap("test", afterRelease);
       jest.spyOn(auto.release!, "getCommits").mockImplementation();
 
-      await auto.runRelease({ to: 'abc'});
+      await auto.runRelease({ to: "abc" });
 
       expect(auto.git!.publish).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         "releaseNotes",