From 45c56df4e8fd30e852a9ca2670ca492d8d18fdad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dessalines <dessalines@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:24:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Adding git cliff to help generate changelogs. (#4522)

---
 cliff.toml | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cliff.toml

diff --git a/cliff.toml b/cliff.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8975a171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cliff.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# git-cliff ~ configuration file
+# https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
+
+[remote.github]
+owner = "LemmyNet"
+repo = "lemmy"
+# token = ""
+
+[changelog]
+# template for the changelog body
+# https://keats.github.io/tera/docs/#introduction
+body = """
+## What's Changed
+
+{%- if version %} in {{ version }}{%- endif -%}
+{% for commit in commits %}
+  {% if commit.github.pr_title -%}
+    {%- set commit_message = commit.github.pr_title -%}
+  {%- else -%}
+    {%- set commit_message = commit.message -%}
+  {%- endif -%}
+  * {{ commit_message | split(pat="\n") | first | trim }}\
+    {% if commit.github.username %} by @{{ commit.github.username }}{%- endif -%}
+    {% if commit.github.pr_number %} in \
+      [#{{ commit.github.pr_number }}]({{ self::remote_url() }}/pull/{{ commit.github.pr_number }}) \
+    {%- endif %}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{% if github.contributors | filter(attribute="is_first_time", value=true) | length != 0 %}
+  {% raw %}\n{% endraw -%}
+  ## New Contributors
+{%- endif %}\
+{% for contributor in github.contributors | filter(attribute="is_first_time", value=true) %}
+  * @{{ contributor.username }} made their first contribution
+    {%- if contributor.pr_number %} in \
+      [#{{ contributor.pr_number }}]({{ self::remote_url() }}/pull/{{ contributor.pr_number }}) \
+    {%- endif %}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{% if version %}
+    {% if previous.version %}
+      **Full Changelog**: {{ self::remote_url() }}/compare/{{ previous.version }}...{{ version }}
+    {% endif %}
+{% else -%}
+  {% raw %}\n{% endraw %}
+{% endif %}
+
+{%- macro remote_url() -%}
+  https://github.com/{{ remote.github.owner }}/{{ remote.github.repo }}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+"""
+# remove the leading and trailing whitespace from the template
+trim = true
+# changelog footer
+footer = """
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->
+"""
+# postprocessors
+postprocessors = []
+
+[git]
+# parse the commits based on https://www.conventionalcommits.org
+conventional_commits = false
+# filter out the commits that are not conventional
+filter_unconventional = true
+# process each line of a commit as an individual commit
+split_commits = false
+# regex for preprocessing the commit messages
+commit_preprocessors = [
+  # remove issue numbers from commits
+  { pattern = '\((\w+\s)?#([0-9]+)\)', replace = "" },
+]
+# protect breaking changes from being skipped due to matching a skipping commit_parser
+protect_breaking_commits = false
+# filter out the commits that are not matched by commit parsers
+filter_commits = false
+# regex for matching git tags
+tag_pattern = "[0-9].*"
+# regex for skipping tags
+skip_tags = "beta|alpha"
+# regex for ignoring tags
+ignore_tags = "rc"
+# sort the tags topologically
+topo_order = false
+# sort the commits inside sections by oldest/newest order
+sort_commits = "newest"