ChangeloGen

• Conflict-less changelog.md generator with categories for Nim.

$ changelogen
1       changelog/adds/example.md
2       changelog/adds/simple.md
3       changelog/removes/something.md


# v1.1.1 - 2020-03-23T15:54:48

## adds

* Honestly is just a simple addition.
  `Juan 2020-02-17t18:40:39+01:00` [8f73753a2](http://github.com/nim-lang/nim/compare/8f73753a2...devel)
* Add the ability to Divive by zero.
  `Juan 2020-02-17t18:40:39+01:00` [8f73753a2](http://github.com/nim-lang/nim/compare/8f73753a2...devel)


## removes

* Remove the Compiler itself, we detected most Bugs come from it, so we removed it.
  `Juan 2020-02-17t18:40:39+01:00` [8f73753a2](http://github.com/nim-lang/nim/compare/8f73753a2...devel)


## breaks

* No news in this Category.


## fixes

* No news in this Category.

$
$ changelogen --help
changelogen [options] path
  --version                  Version.
  --changelogVersion="2.0.0" Version to generate Changelog.md for (SemVer string)
  --reset                    Reset all folders and delete all MD files at exit.

$

Use

• Changelog is a Folder instead of a File.
• Changelog Folder gets fill with tiny *.md files.
• When ready to release a new version, run changelogen.
• changelogen walks all *.md files and generates 1 changelog.md with extra info from Git.
• Optionally it can Reset all the folders and delete all old *.md files at exit.

Defines

• userRepo string, GitHub User/Repo for your Changelog, eg "nim-lang/Nim".
• mainBranch string, GitHub main Branch for your Changelog, eg "devel".
• filename string, output filename for your Changelog, eg "changelog.md".
• categories string, comma separated values, categories for your Changelog, eg "adds,removes,breaks,fixes" or "core,wip,backward_compatibility,bugs".

FAQ

• Why not just use Git Commits to make the Changelog?.

https://keepachangelog.com