GIT-CHANGELOG(1)GIT-CHANGELOG(1)NAMEgit-changelog - Generate a changelog report
SYNOPSISgit-changelog [options] [<file>]
git-changelog {-h | --help | ?}
DESCRIPTION
Generates a changelog from git(1) tags (annotated or lightweight) and
commit messages. Existing changelog files with filenames that begin
with Change or History will be identified automatically with a case
insensitive match pattern and existing content will be appended to the
new output generated--this behavior can be disabled by specifying the
prune option (-p|--prune-old). The generated file will be opened in
$EDITOR when set.
If no tags exist, then all commits are output; if tags exist, then only
the most-recent commits are output up to the last identified tag. This
behavior can be changed by specifing one or both of the range options
(-f|--final-tag and -s|--start-tag).
OPTIONS
<file>
The name of the output file. By default the new file will be History.md
unless an existing changelog is detected in which case the existing
file will be updated.
-a, --all
Retrieve all commits. Ignores -s|--start-tag and -f|--final-tag options
(if set).
-l, --list
Show commits in list format (without titles, dates).
-t, --tag
Specify a tag label to use for most-recent (untagged) commits.
-f, --final-tag
When specifying a range, the newest tag at which point commit retrieval
will end. Commits will be returned from the very first commit until the
final tag unless a start tag is also specified.
-s, --start-tag
When specifying a range, the oldest tag to retrieve commits from. Com‐
mits will be returned from the start tag to now unless a final tag is
also specified.
-n, --no-merges
Filters out merge commits (commits with more than 1 parent) from gener‐
ated changelog.
-m, --merges-only
Uses only merge commits (commits with more than 1 parent) for generated
changelog. It also changes the default format to include the merge com‐
mit messages body, as on github the commits subject line only contains
the branch name but no information about the content of the merge.
-p, --prune-old
Replace existing changelog entirely with newly generated content,
thereby disabling the default behavior of appending the content of any
detected changelog to the end of newly generated content.
-x, --stdout
Write output to stdout instead of to a new changelog file.
-h, --help, ?
Show a help message with basic usage information.
EXAMPLES
Updating existing file or creating a new History.md file with pretty
formatted output:
$ git changelog
Listing commits from the current version:
$ git changelog --list
Listing a range of commits from 2.1.0 to now:
$ git changelog --list --start-tag 2.1.0
Listing a pretty formatted version of the same:
$ git changelog --start-tag 2.1.0
Listing a range of commits from initial commit to 2.1.0:
$ git changelog --list --final-tag 2.1.0
Listing a pretty formatted range of commits between 0.5.0 and 1.0.0:
$ git changelog --start-tag 0.5.0 --final-tag 1.0.0
Specifying a file for output:
$ git changelog ChangeLog.md
And if an existing Changelog exists, replace its contents entirely:
$ git changelog --prune-old
AUTHOR
Written by Mark Eissler <mark@mixtur.com>
REPORTING BUGS
<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>
SEE ALSO
<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>
December 2015 GIT-CHANGELOG(1)
