Add release notes generated with git-cliff

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,40 +9,56 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  release:
     runs-on: antville
 
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
       LC_TIME: en_US.UTF-8
-      TODAY: $(date +'%d %b %Y')
+      TODAY: $(date +'%-d %b %Y')
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Build with Gradle
-        run: ./gradlew assembleDist
-
-      - name: Create release
-        uses: actions/forgejo-release@v2
         with:
-          direction: upload
-          url: https://code.host.antville.org
-          token: ${{ github.token }}
-          title: ${{ env.TODAY }}
-          release-dir: build/distributions
-          release-notes-assistant: true
-          verbose: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Create release at GitHub
+      - name: Create release notes
+        id: create_release_notes
         run: |
-          gh release create "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
-            --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
-            --title "${{ env.TODAY }}" \
-            --generate-notes
+          release_notes=$(npx git-cliff@latest --latest --verbose)
+          cat >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT << .end-of-output
+          release_notes<<.end
+          $release_notes
+          .end
+          .end-of-output
 
-      - name: Upload release assets to GitHub
+      - name: Debug
         run: |
-          gh release upload "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" build/distributions/helma-*.* \
-            --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
-            --clobber
+          echo "${{ steps.create_release_notes.outputs.release_notes }}"
+
+      # - name: Build with Gradle
+      #   run: ./gradlew assembleDist
+
+      # - name: Create release
+      #   uses: actions/forgejo-release@v2
+      #   with:
+      #     direction: upload
+      #     url: https://code.host.antville.org
+      #     token: ${{ github.token }}
+      #     title: ${{ env.TODAY }}
+      #     release-dir: build/distributions
+      #     release-notes: ${{ steps.create_release_notes.outputs.release_notes }}
+      #     verbose: true
+
+      # - name: Create release at GitHub
+      #   run: |
+      #     gh release create "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
+      #       --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+      #       --title "${{ env.TODAY }}" \
+      #       --notes "${{ steps.create_release_notes.outputs.release_notes }}"
+
+      # - name: Upload release assets to GitHub
+      #   run: |
+      #     gh release upload "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" build/distributions/helma-*.* \
+      #       --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+      #       --clobber

cliff.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# git-cliff ~ default configuration file
+# https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
+#
+# Lines starting with "#" are comments.
+# Configuration options are organized into tables and keys.
+# See documentation for more information on available options.
+
+[changelog]
+# template for the changelog footer
+header = """
+## Changes
+<!-- 
+\nAll notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.\n 
+-->
+"""
+# template for the changelog body
+# https://keats.github.io/tera/docs/#introduction
+body = """
+<!--{% if version %}\
+    ## {{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }} ({{ timestamp | date(format="%-d %B %Y") }})
+{% else %}\
+    ## [unreleased]
+{% endif %}-->\
+{% for group, commits in commits | filter(attribute="merge_commit") | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+    ### {{ group | striptags | trim | upper_first }}
+    {% for commit in commits %}
+        * {% if commit.breaking %}**Breaking:** {% endif %}\
+        [{{ commit.message | split(pat="\\n") | first | upper_first }}]\
+        (https://code.host.antville.org/antville/helma/commit/{{ commit.id }})\
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}\n
+"""
+# template for the changelog footer
+footer = """
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->
+"""
+# remove the leading and trailing s
+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 = false
+# filter out the commits that are not conventional
+filter_unconventional = false
+# 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 = "^Apply \\d+ suggestion", skip = true },
+  { message = "^Lock file maintenance", skip = true },
+  { message = "yarn\\.lock", skip = true },
+
+  { message = "^fix", group = "<!-- 0 --># 🐛 Bug Fixes" },
+  { message = "^Merge pull request .+ into (main|helma-)", group = "<!-- 9 --> 🔀 Merges" },
+  #{ message = "^Update dependency .+ to", group = "<!-- 2 -->📦️  Dependency Updates" },
+  { field = "author.name", pattern = "renovate", group = "<!-- 2 --> 📦️ Dependency Updates" },
+
+  { message = "^Merge .*(branch|dependency|renovate)", skip = true },
+
+  { message = ".*", group = "<!-- 1 --> Uncategorized" }
+]
+# 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 = "newest"
+# limit the number of commits included in the changelog.
+# limit_commits = 42