feat(ci)!: enhance changelog generation with context augmentation

action.yml

@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ runs:
       run: |
         ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/install-git-cliff.sh "${{ steps.cliff_version.outputs.version }}"
 
+    - name: Install Python
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        ${{ github.action_path }}/scripts/install-python.sh
+
     - name: Set up git
       shell: bash
       run: |

cliff.toml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# CLIFF_VERSION=2.8.0
+# CLIFF_VERSION=2.10.1
 # git-cliff ~ default configuration file
 # https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
 #
@@ -10,18 +10,15 @@ owner = "actions"
 repo = "auto-changelog-release-action"
 
 [changelog]
-# postprocessors
 postprocessors = [
   { pattern = '<GITEA_URL>', replace = "https://git.0xmax42.io" }, # replace gitea url
 ]
 
-# template for the changelog header
 header = """
 # Changelog\n
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.\n
 """
-# template for the changelog body
-# https://keats.github.io/tera/docs/#introduction
+
 body = """
 {%- macro remote_url() -%}
   <GITEA_URL>/{{ remote.gitea.owner }}/{{ remote.gitea.repo }}
@@ -38,16 +35,26 @@ body = """
     ## [unreleased]
 {% endif %}\
 {% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
-    ### {{ group | striptags | trim | upper_first }}
-    {% for commit in commits %}
+    ### {{ group | striptags | trim | upper_first }}\n
+    {% for commit in commits %}\
+        {% if commit.merge_commit %}\
+    - 🔀 **{{ commit.message | upper_first }}** - \
+    ([{{ commit.id | truncate(length=7, end="") }}]({{ self::remote_url() }}/commit/{{ commit.id }}))\
+        {% for child in commit.extra.children %}
+            {{ "    " | safe }}- {% if child.scope %}*({{ child.scope }})* {% endif %}\
+            {% if child.breaking %}[**breaking**] {% endif %}\
+            {{ child.message | upper_first }} - \
+            ([{{ child.id | truncate(length=7, end="") }}]({{ self::remote_url() }}/commit/{{ child.id }}))\
+        {% endfor %}\
+        {% else %}\
     - {% if commit.scope %}*({{ commit.scope }})* {% endif %}\
     {% if commit.breaking %}[**breaking**] {% endif %}\
     {{ commit.message | upper_first }} - \
     ([{{ commit.id | truncate(length=7, end="") }}]({{ self::remote_url() }}/commit/{{ commit.id }}))\
-    {% endfor %}
+        {% endif %}
+    {% endfor %}\
 {% endfor %}\n
 """
-# template for the changelog footer
 footer = """
 
 """

scripts/augment_context.py

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import json
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+def git_commits_between(parent, merge):
+    """Return list of commit hashes between parent and merge (exclusive of parent, inclusive of merge)."""
+    out = subprocess.check_output(
+        ["git", "rev-list", f"{parent}..{merge}", "--no-merges"],
+        text=True
+    )
+    return [line.strip() for line in out.splitlines() if line.strip()]
+
+def load_context(path=None):
+    if path:
+        with open(path) as f:
+            return json.load(f)
+    else:
+        return json.load(sys.stdin)
+
+def main(path=None):
+    context = load_context(path)
+    commits = context[0]["commits"]
+    commits_by_id = {c["id"]: c for c in commits}
+
+    new_commits = []
+    consumed = set()
+
+    for c in commits:
+        if c.get("merge_commit"):
+            parents = subprocess.check_output(
+                ["git", "rev-list", "--parents", "-n", "1", c["id"]],
+                text=True
+            ).strip().split()
+            merge_id, *parent_ids = parents
+
+            if len(parent_ids) >= 2:
+                mainline = parent_ids[0]
+                children_ids = git_commits_between(mainline, merge_id)
+
+                children = []
+                for cid in children_ids:
+                    if cid in commits_by_id:
+                        children.append(commits_by_id[cid])
+                        consumed.add(cid)
+
+                if not c.get("extra") or not isinstance(c["extra"], dict):
+                    c["extra"] = {}
+                c["extra"]["children"] = children
+
+        new_commits.append(c)
+
+    filtered = [c for c in new_commits if c["id"] not in consumed]
+    context[0]["commits"] = filtered
+
+    json.dump(context, sys.stdout, indent=4)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else None)

scripts/generate-unreleased-changelog.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ GIT_BRANCH="${GITHUB_REF##refs/heads/}"
 # === Step 1: Generate Changelog (only if file exists or on main) ===
 if [[ -f "$CHANGELOG_FILE" || "$GIT_BRANCH" == "main" ]]; then
   echo "📄 Generating $CHANGELOG_FILE using git-cliff..."
-  git-cliff -c "$CLIFF_CONFIG" -o "$CHANGELOG_FILE"
+  git-cliff -c "$CLIFF_CONFIG" --context \
+|   "${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/scripts/augment_context.py" \
+|   git-cliff -c "$CLIFF_CONFIG" --from-context - -o "$CHANGELOG_FILE"
 else
   echo "ℹ️  $CHANGELOG_FILE does not exist and branch is not 'main'. Skipping generation."
   exit 0

scripts/install-python.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# install-python.sh – installs the latest Python version through apt
+# Usage: sudo ./install-python.sh
+set -euo pipefail
+
+apt update
+apt install -y python3
+
+echo "✅ Python $(python3 --version) installed"

scripts/release-from-version.sh

@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ echo "📦 Version: $VERSION"
 
 # === Step 2: Generate changelog for release ===
 echo "📄 Generating changelog for tag v$VERSION"
-git-cliff -c "$CLIFF_CONFIG" -t "v$VERSION" -o "$CHANGELOG_FILE"
+git-cliff -c "$CLIFF_CONFIG" -t "v$VERSION" --context \
+  "${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/scripts/augment_context.py" \
+  git-cliff -c "$CLIFF_CONFIG"  -t "v$VERSION" --from-context - -o "$CHANGELOG_FILE"
 
 ESCAPED_VERSION="$(echo "$VERSION" | sed 's/\./\\./g')"