Keep a Change Log

Parse, modify, and create change logs in the “Keep a Changelog” format.

Usage

var changelog = require('keepachangelog')
 
changelog.read('CHANGELOG.md')
.then(function (cl) {
  var upcoming = cl.getRelease('upcoming');
  upcoming.Added.push('An amazing *new* feature');
  return cl;
}).then(function (cl) {
  cl.addUpcomingChange('This thing changed a bit');
  return cl;
}).then(function (cl) {
  return cl.write('CHANGELOG.md');
})

All asynchronous functions return Bluebird promises.

changelog.parse(content)

Return a Changelog instance which is a structured representation of the content string. The content must be Markdown source following the conventions of the “Keep a Changelog” format.

changelog.read(path)

Promise a Changelog instance by parsing the content of a file.

Changelog

A Changelog instance is a structured representation of a Change Log file. The following is an example of the properties a Changelog has.

{
  prelude:  [Markdown JsonML],
  epilogue: [Markdown JsonML],
  releases: [
    {
      version: 'upcoming'
      Changed: ['A *markdown* string', 'Another markdown string'],
      Added: ['...'],
      Removed: ['...']
    }, {
      version: '1.0.0'
      Changed: ['...'],
    }
  ]
}

The [Markdown JsonML] values refer to objects that are returned by the Markdown parser

Changelog.build()

Serialize the changelog structure into a markdown string.

Changelog.write(path)

Write the Markdown string returned by #build() to a file and return a promise.

Changelog.addUpcomingChange(desc)

Add an item to the list of changes in the upcoming release. desc must be a string. It is added verbatim to the rendered Change Log and might therefore contain any valid Markdown.

Changelog.getRelease(version)

Find an object in Changelog.releases with the matching version and return a reference to it. Returns null if no matching release was found.