Add support to ignore pre-releases

README.md

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ You can configure Release Drafter using the following key in your `.github/relea
 | `change-template`          | Optional | The template to use for each merged pull request. Use [change template variables](#change-template-variables) to insert values. Default: `"* $TITLE (#$NUMBER) @$AUTHOR"`.         |
 | `change-title-escapes`     | Optional | Characters to escape in `$TITLE` when inserting into `change-template` so that they are not interpreted as Markdown format characters. Default: `""`                               |
 | `no-changes-template`      | Optional | The template to use for when there’s no changes. Default: `"* No changes"`.                                                                                                        |
+| `use-latest-public`        | Optional | If `true`, compile a list since the latest public release and ignore pre-release. Default: `true`.                                                                                 |
 | `references`               | Optional | The references to listen for configuration updates to `.github/release-drafter.yml`. Refer to [References](#references) to learn more about this                                   |
 | `categories`               | Optional | Categorize pull requests using labels. Refer to [Categorize Pull Requests](#categorize-pull-requests) to learn more about this option.                                             |
 | `exclude-labels`           | Optional | Exclude pull requests using labels. Refer to [Exclude Pull Requests](#exclude-pull-requests) to learn more about this option.                                                      |

index.js

@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ module.exports = (app, { getRouter }) => {
       context,
       targetCommitish,
       filterByCommitish,
+      config,
     })
 
     const { commits, pullRequests: mergedPullRequests } =

lib/default-config.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const DEFAULT_CONFIG = Object.freeze({
   'change-template': `* $TITLE (#$NUMBER) @$AUTHOR`,
   'change-title-escapes': '',
   'no-changes-template': `* No changes`,
+  'use-latest-public': true,
   'version-template': `$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH`,
   'version-resolver': {
     major: { labels: [] },

lib/releases.js

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const findReleases = async ({
   context,
   targetCommitish,
   filterByCommitish,
+  config,
 }) => {
   let releaseCount = 0
   let releases = await context.octokit.paginate(
@@ -47,9 +48,12 @@ const findReleases = async ({
     ? releases.filter((r) => targetCommitish.match(`/${r.target_commitish}$`))
     : releases
   const sortedPublishedReleases = sortReleases(
-    filteredReleases.filter((r) => !r.draft)
+    filteredReleases.filter(
+      (r) => !r.draft && !(config['use-latest-public'] && r.prerelease)
+    )
   )
   const draftRelease = filteredReleases.find((r) => r.draft)
+  const preRelease = filteredReleases.find((r) => r.prerelease)
   const lastRelease =
     sortedPublishedReleases[sortedPublishedReleases.length - 1]
 
@@ -59,6 +63,14 @@ const findReleases = async ({
     log({ context, message: `No draft release found` })
   }
 
+  if (config['use-latest-public']) {
+    if (preRelease) {
+      log({ context, message: `Pre-release: ${preRelease.tag_name}` })
+    } else {
+      log({ context, message: `No pre-release found` })
+    }
+  }
+
   if (lastRelease) {
     log({ context, message: `Last release: ${lastRelease.tag_name}` })
   } else {

lib/schema.js

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ const schema = (context) => {
         DEFAULT_CONFIG['no-changes-template']
       ),
 
+      'use-latest-public': Joi.boolean().default(
+        DEFAULT_CONFIG['use-latest-public']
+      ),
+
       'version-template': Joi.string().default(
         DEFAULT_CONFIG['version-template']
       ),