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chancegarcia/git-toolkit
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create a change log based on your commit history and tags

1.1.1(5y ago)07[2 PRs](https://github.com/chancegarcia/git-toolkit/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.3

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Git Toolkit
===========

[](#git-toolkit)

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---

This toolkit only contains one tool currently. That tool will create a `changelog.md` for a project using the git repository tags and the git commit history.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
    composer require --dev chancegarcia/git-toolkit

```

General Usage
-------------

[](#general-usage)

Unless specified in a config file, the repository found in the current working directory will be used.

Configuration (optional)
------------------------

[](#configuration-optional)

Default values for some command arguments and options can be set via a config file in

`config/chancegarcia_git_toolkit.php`

A `.dist` file provides an example of configuration options.

The following values are configurable:

- `project_root`: the directory where the repository resides
- `project_name`: The main header value
- `filename`: name of the markdown file to write out.
- `output_directory`: path to where the markdown file should be written

ChangeLog Command Usage
-----------------------

[](#changelog-command-usage)

```
    ./vendor/bin/toolkit toolkit:changelog toolkit:changelog

```

The changelog file will produce a **markdown** document with a main header (optionally set by the header argument) of `Projecty McProjectFace`. Tag names are the subheaders and the commits between the tags are printed after the subheader

While you can run the base command, without a header argument, to produce a changelog, you might want to pass the a main header argument with it. Unless you really want to have the top header be `Projecty McProjectFace` (totally not judging) .

```
    ./vendor/bin/toolkit toolkit:changelog toolkit:changelog "I am not a cat."

```

### Prepare a new or initial release tag/number

[](#prepare-a-new-or-initial-release-tagnumber)

If no tags are present. The subheader will be the commit id.

In order to "create" a new tag, use the `--new-tag=` to set the new header and write all recent commits since the previous tag (if there is one) into the changelog.

```
    ./vendor/chancegarcia/git-toolkit/bin/toolkit toolkit:changelog "We Love Kittens" --new-tag="1.0.0"

```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1 days

Total

4

Last Release

1903d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6da225b703a123deac986a29c01b0dbda6d27d036c17ae04cbcffbe0fc2a3294?d=identicon)[chance](/maintainers/chance)

---

Top Contributors

[![chancegarcia](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/348263?v=4)](https://github.com/chancegarcia "chancegarcia (66 commits)")

---

Tags

commit historygit tagschange log

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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