Use cliff to generate release notes

.github/workflows/auto-release.yml

@@ -231,16 +231,26 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - name: Generate changelog
+        uses: orhun/git-cliff-action@v3
+        id: git-cliff
+        with:
+          config: cliff.toml
+          args: -vv --latest --strip header
+        env:
+          OUTPUT: CHANGES.md
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
 
       - name: Display fetched artifacts
         run: ls -R
 
-      - uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest"
+      - uses: "softprops/action-[email protected]"
         name: Emit a Github Release
         with:
-          repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-          automatic_release_tag: ${{ needs.gen_version.outputs.version }}
+          token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          body: "${{ steps.git-cliff.outputs.content }}"
+          tag_name: ${{ needs.gen_version.outputs.version }}
           prerelease: ${{ needs.gen_version.outputs.version == 'prerelease' }}
           title: ${{ needs.gen_version.outputs.version }}
           files: |

cliff.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# git-cliff ~ configuration file
+# https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
+
+[changelog]
+# changelog header
+header = """
+# Changelog\n
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) for commit guidelines.\n
+"""
+# template for the changelog body
+# https://keats.github.io/tera/docs/#introduction
+body = """
+---
+{% if version %}\
+    {% if previous.version %}\
+        ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}]($REPO/compare/{{ previous.version }}..{{ version }}) - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+    {% else %}\
+        ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}] - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+    {% endif %}\
+{% else %}\
+    ## [unreleased]
+{% endif %}\
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+    ### {{ group | striptags | trim | upper_first }}
+    {% for commit in commits
+    | filter(attribute="scope")
+    | sort(attribute="scope") %}
+        - **({{commit.scope}})**{% if commit.breaking %} [**breaking**]{% endif %} \
+            {{ commit.message|trim }} - ([{{ commit.id | truncate(length=7, end="") }}]($REPO/commit/{{ commit.id }})) - {{ commit.author.name }}
+    {%- endfor -%}
+    {% raw %}\n{% endraw %}\
+    {%- for commit in commits %}
+        {%- if commit.scope -%}
+        {% else -%}
+            - {% if commit.breaking %} [**breaking**]{% endif %}\
+                {{ commit.message|trim }} - ([{{ commit.id | truncate(length=7, end="") }}]($REPO/commit/{{ commit.id }})) - {{ commit.author.name }}
+        {% endif -%}
+    {% endfor -%}
+{% endfor %}\n
+"""
+# template for the changelog footer
+footer = """
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->
+"""
+# remove the leading and trailing whitespace from the templates
+trim = true
+# postprocessors
+postprocessors = [
+  # { pattern = '<REPO>', replace = "https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff" }, # replace repository URL
+]
+
+[git]
+# parse the commits based on https://www.conventionalcommits.org
+conventional_commits = true
+# filter out the commits that are not conventional
+filter_unconventional = true
+# process each line of a commit as an individual commit
+split_commits = false
+# regex for preprocessing the commit messages
+commit_preprocessors = [
+  # Replace issue numbers
+  #{ pattern = '\((\w+\s)?#([0-9]+)\)', replace = "([#${2}](<REPO>/issues/${2}))"},
+  # Check spelling of the commit with https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
+  # If the spelling is incorrect, it will be automatically fixed.
+  #{ pattern = '.*', replace_command = 'typos --write-changes -' },
+]
+# regex for parsing and grouping commits
+commit_parsers = [
+  { message = "^feat", group = "<!-- 0 -->Features" },
+  { message = "^fix", group = "<!-- 1 -->Bug Fixes" },
+  { message = "^refactor", group = "<!-- 2 -->Refactor" },
+  { message = "^doc", group = "<!-- 3 -->Documentation" },
+  { message = "^perf", group = "<!-- 4 -->Performance" },
+  { message = "^style", group = "<!-- 5 -->Styling" },
+  { message = "^test", group = "<!-- 6 -->Testing" },
+  { message = "^chore|^ci", group = "<!-- 7 -->Miscellaneous Tasks" },
+  { body = ".*security", group = "<!-- 8 -->Security" },
+  { message = "^revert", group = "<!-- 9 -->Revert" },
+  { message = ".*", group = "<!-- 10 -->Other" },
+  { message = "^chore\\(release\\): prepare for", skip = true },
+  { message = "^chore\\(deps.*\\)", skip = true },
+  { message = "^chore\\(pr\\)", skip = true },
+  { message = "^chore\\(pull\\)", skip = true },
+]
+# protect breaking changes from being skipped due to matching a skipping commit_parser
+protect_breaking_commits = false
+# filter out the commits that are not matched by commit parsers
+filter_commits = false
+# regex for matching git tags
+tag_pattern = "v[0-9].*"
+# regex for skipping tags
+# skip_tags = ""
+# regex for ignoring tags
+# ignore_tags = ""
+# sort the tags topologically
+topo_order = false
+# sort the commits inside sections by oldest/newest order
+sort_commits = "oldest"
+# limit the number of commits included in the changelog.
+# limit_commits = 42