Change template variable URL doesn't get substituted

[leouieda]

First of all, thank you for making this!

I've been trying to use the $URL variable in the change-template but it doesn't seem to get replaced by the actual PR URL. This is the draft release that's being generated:

The main reason I want it is so that I can copy the Markdown directly to the project website without having to replace the #123 with actual links.

Below is my configuration file:

# Configuration for the Release Drafter workflow
name-template: 'v$NEXT_PATCH_VERSION'
tag-template: 'v$NEXT_PATCH_VERSION'
change-template: '* $TITLE (#$NUMBER $URL by [@$AUTHOR](https://github.com/$AUTHOR))'
categories:
  - title: 'New functions/classes'
    label: 'feature'
  - title: 'Enhancements'
    label: 'enhancement'
  - title: 'Bug Fixes'
    label: 'bug'
  - title: 'Deprecations'
    label: 'deprecation'
  - title: 'Documentation'
    label: 'documentation'
  - title: 'Maintenance'
    label: 'maintenance'
exclude-labels:
  - 'skip-changelog'
template: |
  [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/PASTE_DOI_HERE.svg)](https://doi.org/PASTE_DOI_HERE)
  ## Highlights
  * DELETE IF THERE ARE NO HIGHLIGHTS
  $CHANGES
  This release contains contributions from: $CONTRIBUTORS

[jetersen]

#582 is not released yet. Would need to use the master branch if you want the feature.

[leouieda]

Ah right, sorry about that. Thanks for the quick reply!

[jetersen]

Should be released 😅

[jetersen]

Though it is most likely using the API url and not the HTML url which is what you want ? 🗡️

NVM the https://docs.github.com/en/graphql/reference/objects#pullrequest uses the HTTP URL / HTML URL.

[leouieda]

Right, I think I'd want the URL of the repository. But #1017 should easily fix that. Thanks!

[jetersen]

@leouieda see use case here:

release-drafter/.github/release-drafter.yml

Lines 3 to 8 in 114d3b9

	template: |
	# What's Changed
	$CHANGES
	**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPOSITORY/compare/$PREVIOUS_TAG...v$RESOLVED_VERSION

[jetersen]

I decided against providing repository URL because of GHE and potentially github.io URLs. This allows for templating flexibility.

[leouieda]

Agree 100%. Thanks!