changelogd
==========


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Changelogs without conflicts.


* Free software: MIT license
* Documentation: https://changelogd.readthedocs.io.


Overview
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Changelogd allows teams to avoid merge conflicts for the changelog files. 
The ``changelogd`` content is stored within multiple YAML files - one per each 
changelog entry. Then, during application release, all input files are combined 
into one release file. The script uses Jinja2 templates to generate one consistent 
text file out of all input YAML files. The default output format is Markdown, but 
by modifying the templates it can be changed into any text format you like. 

Installation
------------

You can install ``changelogd`` via `pip`_ from `PyPI`_::

    $ pip install changelogd

Quickstart
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First, initialize ``changelogd`` configuration.

.. code-block:: bash

    $ changelogd init
    Created main configuration file: changelog.d\config.yaml
    Copied templates to changelog.d\templates

Then, create changelog entries:

.. code-block:: bash

    $ changelogd entry
            [1]: Features [feature]
            [2]: Bug fixes [bug]
            [3]: Documentation changes [doc]
            [4]: Deprecations [deprecation]
            [5]: Other changes [other]
    > Select message type [1]: 2
    > Issue ID: 100
    > Changelog message: Changelog message
    Created changelog entry at changelog.d\bug.a3f13823.entry.yaml

Finally, generate changelog file.

.. code-block:: bash

    $ changelogd release version-number
    > Release description (hit ENTER to omit): This is the initial release.
    Saved new release data into changelog.d\releases\0.release-name.yaml
    Generated changelog file to changelog.md

Output file:

.. code-block:: md

    # Changelog  
    
    
    ## version-number (2020-01-11)  
    
    This is the initial release.  
    
    ### Bug fixes  
    * [#100](http://repo/issues/100): Changelog message ([@user](user@example.com))  

Documentation
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For full documentation, please see https://changelogd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/.

License
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Distributed under the terms of the `MIT`_ license, "changelogd" is free and open source software

Issues
------

If you encounter any problems, please `file an issue`_ along with a detailed description.



.. _`MIT`: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
.. _`file an issue`: https://github.com/aklajnert/changelogd/issues
.. _`pip`: https://pypi.org/project/pip/
.. _`PyPI`: https://pypi.org/project
