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- checksums.yaml +5 -5
- data/LICENSE +1 -1
- data/README.md +332 -285
- data/Rakefile +1 -1
- data/bin/git-generate-changelog +1 -1
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator.rb +10 -6
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/entry.rb +218 -0
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator.rb +124 -125
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_fetcher.rb +139 -23
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_processor.rb +59 -27
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb +25 -21
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/section.rb +124 -0
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/helper.rb +1 -1
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/octo_fetcher.rb +233 -96
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/options.rb +74 -2
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb +118 -74
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser_file.rb +7 -3
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/reader.rb +2 -2
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/task.rb +4 -3
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/version.rb +1 -1
- data/man/git-generate-changelog.1 +144 -45
- data/man/git-generate-changelog.1.html +157 -84
- data/man/git-generate-changelog.html +19 -7
- data/man/git-generate-changelog.md +151 -84
- data/spec/files/github-changelog-generator.md +114 -114
- data/spec/{install-gem-in-bundler.gemfile → install_gem_in_bundler.gemfile} +2 -0
- data/spec/spec_helper.rb +2 -6
- data/spec/unit/generator/entry_spec.rb +766 -0
- data/spec/unit/generator/generator_processor_spec.rb +103 -41
- data/spec/unit/generator/generator_spec.rb +47 -0
- data/spec/unit/generator/generator_tags_spec.rb +51 -24
- data/spec/unit/generator/section_spec.rb +34 -0
- data/spec/unit/octo_fetcher_spec.rb +247 -197
- data/spec/unit/options_spec.rb +24 -0
- data/spec/unit/parse_file_spec.rb +2 -2
- data/spec/unit/reader_spec.rb +4 -4
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_commits/when_API_is_valid/returns_commits.json +1 -0
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_commits_before/when_API_is_valid/returns_commits.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_closed_issues_and_pr/when_API_call_is_valid.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_closed_issues_and_pr/when_API_call_is_valid/returns_issue_with_proper_key/values.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_closed_issues_and_pr/when_API_call_is_valid/returns_issues.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_closed_issues_and_pr/when_API_call_is_valid/returns_issues_with_labels.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_closed_issues_and_pr/when_API_call_is_valid/returns_pull_request_with_proper_key/values.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_closed_issues_and_pr/when_API_call_is_valid/returns_pull_requests_with_labels.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_closed_pull_requests/when_API_call_is_valid.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_closed_pull_requests/when_API_call_is_valid/returns_correct_pull_request_keys.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_closed_pull_requests/when_API_call_is_valid/returns_pull_requests.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_commit/when_API_call_is_valid.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_commit/when_API_call_is_valid/returns_commit.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_date_of_tag/when_API_call_is_valid.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_date_of_tag/when_API_call_is_valid/returns_date.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_events_async/when_API_call_is_valid.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_fetch_events_async/when_API_call_is_valid/populates_issues.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_github_fetch_tags/when_API_call_is_valid.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_github_fetch_tags/when_API_call_is_valid/should_return_tags.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_github_fetch_tags/when_API_call_is_valid/should_return_tags_count.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_github_fetch_tags/when_wrong_token_provided.json +1 -1
- data/spec/vcr/GitHubChangelogGenerator_OctoFetcher/_github_fetch_tags/when_wrong_token_provided/should_raise_Unauthorized_error.json +1 -1
- metadata +71 -38
- data/bin/ghclgen +0 -5
- data/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_generation.rb +0 -180
- data/spec/unit/generator/generator_generation_spec.rb +0 -73
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# github-changelog-generator 
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- [*What’s the point of a changelog?*](#whats-the-point-of-a-changelog)
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- [Migrating from a manual changelog](#migrating-from-a-manual-changelog)
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### Changelog generation has never been so easy
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**Fully automated changelog generation** - This gem generates a changelog file based on **tags**, **issues** and merged **pull requests** (and splits them into separate lists according to labels) from :octocat: GitHub Issue Tracker.
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