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Generate changelog entries from the principled documentation pipeline. Maps commits to proposals, plans, and ADRs since the last release tag, groups by category, and renders Markdown changelog sections.
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Generate changelog entries by mapping commits to proposals, plans, and ADRs merged since the last release. Follows Keep a Changelog conventions adapted for the principled pipeline (ADR-013).
Generate changelog entries by mapping commits to proposals, plans, and ADRs merged since the last release. Follows Keep a Changelog conventions adapted for the principled pipeline (ADR-013).
/changelog [--since <tag>] [--module <path>]
| Argument | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
--since <tag> | No | Git tag to use as the starting point. Auto-detects latest if absent |
--module <path> | No | Scope changelog to changes within a specific module path |
gh CLI recommended for PR reference resolution (optional)Verify prerequisites. Check that gh is available:
bash scripts/check-gh-cli.sh
If not available, proceed without PR reference resolution --- rely on commit message and branch name references only.
Determine the starting tag. If --since is provided, use it. Otherwise, find the most recent tag:
git describe --tags --abbrev=0
If no tags exist, report the error and stop.
Collect changes. Run the change collector to map commits to pipeline documents:
bash scripts/collect-changes.sh --since <tag> [--module <path>]
This outputs tab-separated lines: <hash>\t<category>\t<references>\t<subject>.
Enrich with PR context. If gh is available, attempt to resolve PR descriptions for richer context:
gh pr list --state merged --search "<hash>" --json number,title,body --limit 1
Extract any additional pipeline references from PR bodies that weren't in commit messages.
Read referenced documents. For each pipeline reference (RFC-NNN, Plan-NNN, ADR-NNN), read the corresponding document's title from its frontmatter:
docs/proposals/NNN-*.mddocs/plans/NNN-*.mddocs/decisions/NNN-*.mdUse document titles to generate human-readable changelog entries.
Group by category. Organize entries into sections:
Omit empty sections.
Render the changelog. Read the template from templates/changelog-entry.md and fill in:
{{VERSION}} --- next version (or "Unreleased" if not specified){{DATE}} --- current date (YYYY-MM-DD){{FEATURES}}, {{IMPROVEMENTS}}, {{DECISIONS}}, {{FIXES}}, {{UNCATEGORIZED}} --- rendered sectionsOutput results. Display the rendered changelog section. Also report a summary:
Changelog generated (since v0.3.1):
Features: 2 entries
Improvements: 3 entries
Decisions: 2 entries (ADR-005, ADR-006)
Uncategorized: 1 entry
Total: 8 entries from 15 commits
scripts/check-gh-cli.sh --- Verify gh CLI availability and auth status (copy from principled-github canonical)scripts/collect-changes.sh --- Collect changes since a tag and map to pipeline documentstemplates/changelog-entry.md --- Changelog section template with placeholder variables for version, date, and category sectionsnpx claudepluginhub alexnodeland/principled --plugin principled-releaseGenerates Keep a Changelog release notes from git changes since a tag. Categorizes commits/PRs by semver impact, suggests version bump, includes PR links.
Generates a changelog from merged PRs since the last git tag, categorizing by conventional commit prefixes and writing to CHANGELOG.md.
Generates a formatted CHANGELOG.md from git commit history, grouped by type and ready for release.