A tool for verifying and modifying changelog in the Keep-A-Change-Log format.
python-kacl
and it kacl-cli
can be installed either
- from source
- via the pip package
python-kacl
- docker
All approaches are described in detail within this section.
git clone https://github.com/mschmieder/python-kacl
cd python-kacl
Global Install
pip3 install .
Developer Mode
pip3 install -e .
The package can simply be retrieves using
pip3 install python-kacl
docker pull mschmieder/kacl-cli:latest
The kacl-cli
is defined as entrypoint. Therefore the image can be used like this
docker -v $(pwd):$(pwd) -w $(pwd) mschmieder/kacl-cli:latest verify
Usage: kacl-cli [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Options:
-c, --config PATH Path to kacl config file [default: .kacl.conf]
-f, --file PATH Path to changelog file [default: CHANGELOG.md]
--help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
add Adds a given message to a specified unreleased section.
get Returns a given version from the Changelog
new Creates a new changelog.
release Creates a release for the latest 'unreleased' changes.
verify Veryfies if the changelog is in "keep-a-changelog" format.
Usage: kacl-cli new [OPTIONS]
Creates a new changelog.
Options:
-o, --output-file PATH File to write the created changelog to.
--help Show this message and exit.
Usage
kacl-cli new
Creates the following changelog
# Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
## Unreleased
Usage: kacl-cli verify [OPTIONS]
Veryfies if the changelog is in "keep-a-changelog" format. Use '--json' get
JSON formatted output that can be easier integrated into CI workflows.
Exit code is the number of identified errors.
Options:
--json Print validation output as json
--help Show this message and exit.
Usage
kacl-cli verify
JSON Output
kacl-cli verify --json
{
"errors": [
{
"end_character_pos": 8,
"error_message": "Versions need to be decorated with a release date in the following format 'YYYY-MM-DD'",
"line": "## 1.0.0",
"line_number": 8,
"start_char_pos": 0
},
{
"end_character_pos": 10,
"error_message": "\"Hacked\" is not a valid section for a version. Options are [Added,Changed,Deprecated,Removed,Fixed,Security]",
"line": "### Hacked",
"line_number": 12,
"start_char_pos": 4
}
],
"valid": false
}
Usage
kacl-cli current
0.1.2
Usage
kacl-cli get 0.2.2
## [0.2.2] - 2018-01-16
### Added
- Many prior version. This was added as first entry in CHANGELOG when it was added to this project.
Usage: kacl-cli add [OPTIONS] SECTION MESSAGE
Adds a given message to a specified unreleased section. Use '--modify' to
directly modify the changelog file.
Options:
-m, --modify This option will add the changes directly into changelog file
--help Show this message and exit.
Usage
kacl-cli add fixed 'We fixed some bad issues' --modify
kacl-cli add added 'We just added some new cool stuff' --modify
kacl-cli add changed 'And changed things a bit' --modify
Usage: kacl-cli release [OPTIONS] VERSION
Creates a release for the latest 'unreleased' changes. Use '--modify' to
directly modify the changelog file. You can automatically use the latest
version by using the version keywords 'major', 'minor', 'patch'
Example:
kacl-cli release 1.0.0
kacl-cli release major|minor|patch
Options:
-m, --modify This option will add the changes directly into
changelog file.
-l, --link TEXT A url that the version will be linked with.
-g, --auto-link Will automatically create and update necessary
links.
-c, --commit If passed this will create a git commit with the
changed Changelog.
--commit-message TEXT The commit message to use when using --commit flag
-t, --tag If passed this will create a git tag for the newly
released version.
--tag-name TEXT The tag name to use when using --tag flag
--tag-description TEXT The tag description text to use when using --tag
flag
-d, --allow-dirty If passed this will allow to commit/tag even on a
"dirty".
--help Show this message and exit.
Git Support
kacl-cli
provides a direct integration into your git repository. When releasing you often want to directly commit and tag the changes you did.
Using the release
command you can simply add the --commit/--tag
option(s) that will add the changes made by the tool to git. These flags only take effect if you also provide
the --modify
option, otherwise no change will happen to your file system. By specifying --commit-message
and --tag-description
you can also decide what kind of information you
want to see within the commit. Have a look at the config section that shows more options to use along with the release
command.
Messages (--commit-message, --tag-name, --tag-description)
This is templated using the Python Format String Syntax. Available in the template context are latest_version
and new_version
as well as all environment variables
(prefixed with $).
You can also use the variables now
or utcnow
to get a current timestamp. Both accept datetime formatting (when used like as in {now:%d.%m.%Y}
).
Also available as --message (e.g.: kacl-cli release patch --commit --commit--message '[{now:%Y-%m-%d}] Jenkins Build {$BUILD_NUMBER}: {new_version}')
Auto Link Generation
kacl-cli
can automatically generate links for every version for you. Using the --auto-link
option will generate version comparison links for you. The link generation can be configured using the config file. See the config section for more details
kacl-cli release 1.0.0 --auto-link
Example output:
# Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
## [Unreleased]
## [1.0.0] - 2020-01-14
### Added
- `release` command will make sure changelog is valid before doing any changes.
## 0.2.16 - 2020-01-07
### Fixed
- fixed issue #3 that did not detect linked versions with missing links
[Unreleased]: https://github.com/mschmieder/python-kacl/tree/v1.0.0...HEAD
[1.0.0]: https://github.com/mschmieder/python-kacl/compare/v0.2.16...v1.0.0
Usage with fixed version
kacl-cli release 1.0.0
Example CHANGELOG.md (before):
# Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
## [Unreleased]
### Added
- added default content checks
- cli will now check for valid semantic version when using `release` command
- implemented basic cli with `new`, `get`, `release`, `verify`
- added `--json` option to `verify` command
## 0.1.0 - 2019-12-12
### Added
- initial release
[Unreleased]: https://github.com/mschmieder/python-kacl/compare/v1.0.0...HEAD
Example CHANGELOG.md (after):
# Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
## [Unreleased]
## 1.0.0 - 2019-12-22
### Added
- added default content checks
- cli will now check for valid semantic version when using `release` command
- implemented basic cli with `new`, `get`, `release`, `verify`
- added `--json` option to `verify` command
## 0.1.0 - 2019-12-12
### Added
- initial release
[Unreleased]: https://github.com/mschmieder/python-kacl/compare/v1.0.0...HEAD
Usage with version increment
kacl-cli release patch
Example CHANGELOG.md (after):
# Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
## [Unreleased]
## 0.1.1 - 2019-12-22
### Added
- added default content checks
- cli will now check for valid semantic version when using `release` command
- implemented basic cli with `new`, `get`, `release`, `verify`
- added `--json` option to `verify` command
## 0.1.0 - 2019-12-12
### Added
- initial release
[Unreleased]: https://github.com/mschmieder/python-kacl/compare/v1.0.0...HEAD
kacl-cli
let's you easily generate links to your versions. You can automatically generate all links following the desired patterns using kacl-cli link generate
.
The link generation can also be easily included into the release
command and will take care of updating the unreleased
and latest_version
section.
Usage: kacl-cli link generate [OPTIONS]
Options:
-m, --modify This option will add the changes directly
into changelog file.
--host-url TEXT Host url to the git service. (i.e
https://github.com/mschmieder/python-kacl)
--compare-versions-template TEXT
Template string for version comparison link.
--unreleased-changes-template TEXT
Template string for unreleased changes link.
--initial-version-template TEXT
Template string for initial version link.
--help Show this message and exit.
Url Templating
in order to generate the correct urls, python-kacl
allows you to define three templates compare-versions-template
, unreleased-changes-template
and initial-version-template
that can be used to tell the system how to generate proper links. The easiest way to provide this information is to pass it to the .kacl.yml
config file
kacl:
git:
links:
# The host url is optional and will be automatically determined using your the git repository. If run on gitlab CI the host will be determined by CI_PROJECT_URL if not specified here.
host_url: https://github.com/mschmieder/kacl-cli
compare_versions_template: '{host}/compare/v{previous_version}...v{version}'
unreleased_changes_template: '{host}/tree/v{latest_version}...HEAD'
initial_version_template: '{host}/tree/v{version}'
Using the python format syntax you can generate any links you want. The available replacement variables are version
, previous_version
, host
and latest_version
.
kacl-cli
will automatically check if there is a .kacl.yml
present within your execution directory. Within this configuration file you can set options to improve
specifically CI workflows. It also allows you to better customize the validation behaviour of the system by allowing to define custom header titles, allowed_version_sections as well as the
required default content.
By specifiying a .kacl.yml
with any of those options, the default config will be merged with those local changes. Most options are also available on the CLI which take precedence over the ones
within the config files.
Default Config
kacl:
changelog_file: CHANGELOG.md
allowed_header_titles:
- Changelog
- Change Log
allowed_version_sections:
- Added
- Changed
- Deprecated
- Removed
- Fixed
- Security
default_content:
- All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
- The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
git:
commit: True
commit_message: "[skip ci] Releasing Changelog version {new_version}"
commit_additional_files: []
tag: False
tag_name: "v{new_version}"
tag_description: "Version v{new_version} released"
links:
# The host url is optional and will be automatically determined using your the git repository
# host_url: https://github.com/mschmieder/kacl-cli
compare_versions_template: '{host}/compare/{previous_version}...{version}'
unreleased_changes_template: '{host}/compare/{latest_version}...master'
initial_version_template: '{host}/tree/{version}'
auto_generate: True