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salient/changelog
=================

Generates changelogs from GitHub release notes, merging and de-duplicating entries from multiple repositories if needed

v1.0.8(1y ago)040MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Sep 5Pushed 1y agoCompare

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salient/changelog
=================

[](#salientchangelog)

> Generates changelogs based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) from GitHub release notes, merging and de-duplicating entries from multiple repositories if needed.

 [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6579aaebbb61fb1f9e79c4b9ccb8f84c5589463c02d675c2e29132fda0ff28e8/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f73616c69656e742f6368616e67656c6f672f76)](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/changelog) [![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/97feb8b11e5494e6d988d170ea933117033058fbea9ef62baf06686b396d5fcd/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f73616c69656e742f6368616e67656c6f672f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/changelog) [![CI Status](https://github.com/salient-labs/changelog/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/salient-labs/changelog/actions) [![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ea38bc5ebddbf0fe3235f0a8df7df520b095d5e136e1aa2d560b83205b6364f7/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636f762e696f2f67682f73616c69656e742d6c6162732f6368616e67656c6f672f67726170682f62616467652e7376673f746f6b656e3d61797552777255593234)](https://codecov.io/gh/salient-labs/changelog)

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

[](#installation)

`changelog` is distributed as a PHP archive you can download and run:

```
wget -O changelog.phar https://github.com/salient-labs/changelog/releases/latest/download/changelog.phar
```

```
php changelog.phar --version
```

Installation with [PHIVE](https://phar.io) is also supported:

```
phive install salient-labs/changelog
```

```
./tools/changelog --version
```

Adding `salient/changelog` to your project as a Composer dependency is not recommended.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

For detailed usage information, see [usage](docs/Usage.md) or run:

```
./tools/changelog --help
```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

Generate a changelog for every release in a repository:

```
./tools/changelog salient-labs/toolkit
```

Generate a changelog for releases that match a regular expression:

```
./tools/changelog --include '/^v0\.20\./' salient-labs/toolkit
```

Generate a changelog for releases between two tags:

```
./tools/changelog --from v0.20.55 --to v0.20.56 salient-labs/toolkit
```

```
## [v0.20.56] - 2023-09-06

### Deprecated

- Deprecate `Convert::lineEndingsToUnix()`

### Fixed

- Fix regression in `File::getEol()`

## [v0.20.55] - 2023-09-06

### Changed

- Add `Str::setEol()` and standardise `getEol()` methods

[v0.20.56]: https://github.com/salient-labs/toolkit/compare/v0.20.55...v0.20.56
[v0.20.55]: https://github.com/salient-labs/toolkit/releases/tag/v0.20.55
```

Merge release notes from two repositories into one list of changes per release, report releases missing from the first repository, and update `CHANGELOG.md`(used in a CI workflow to generate [this changelog](https://github.com/lkrms/vscode-pretty-php/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)):

```
./tools/changelog \
  --releases=yes --releases=yes \
  --missing=yes --missing=no \
  --name "pretty-php for Visual Studio Code" --name "pretty-php" \
  --output "CHANGELOG.md" \
  --merge \
  lkrms/vscode-pretty-php lkrms/pretty-php
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance37

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community6

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 ~20 days

Recently: every ~59 days

Total

21

Last Release

565d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.11 → v1.0.02024-01-10

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bcd9f9fc77a44c95d6abf456a101d31d558bc6d7d2e7e3a2c1f4dd679ced9707?d=identicon)[lkrms](/maintainers/lkrms)

---

Top Contributors

[![lkrms](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2563783?v=4)](https://github.com/lkrms "lkrms (49 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/salient-changelog/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/salient-changelog/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/salient-changelog)
```

###  Alternatives

[lkrms/pretty-php

The opinionated PHP code formatter

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