feat: support chart release-notes or changelog

README.md

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ Flags:
   -o, --owner string                   GitHub username or organization
   -p, --package-path string            Path to directory with chart packages (default ".cr-release-packages")
       --release-name-template string   Go template for computing release names, using chart metadata (default "{{ .Name }}-{{ .Version }}")
+      --release-notes-file string      Markdown file with chart release notes. If it is set to empty string, or the file is not found, the chart description will be used instead
       --skip-existing                  Skip upload if release exists
   -t, --token string                   GitHub Auth Token
 

cr/cmd/upload.go

@@ -53,4 +53,6 @@ func init() {
 	uploadCmd.Flags().StringP("commit", "c", "", "Target commit for release")
 	uploadCmd.Flags().Bool("skip-existing", false, "Skip upload if release exists")
 	uploadCmd.Flags().String("release-name-template", "{{ .Name }}-{{ .Version }}", "Go template for computing release names, using chart metadata")
+	uploadCmd.Flags().String("release-notes-file", "", "Markdown file with chart release notes. "+
+		"If it is set to empty string, or the file is not found, the chart description will be used instead")
 }

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	Remote              string `mapstructure:"remote"`
 	ReleaseNameTemplate string `mapstructure:"release-name-template"`
 	SkipExisting        bool   `mapstructure:"skip-existing"`
+	ReleaseNotesFile    string `mapstructure:"release-notes-file"`
 }
 
 func LoadConfiguration(cfgFile string, cmd *cobra.Command, requiredFlags []string) (*Options, error) {

pkg/releaser/releaser.go

@@ -263,6 +263,17 @@ func (r *Releaser) computeReleaseName(chart *chart.Chart) (string, error) {
 	return releaseName, nil
 }
 
+func (r *Releaser) getReleaseNotes(chart *chart.Chart) string {
+	if r.config.ReleaseNotesFile != "" {
+		for _, f := range chart.Files {
+			if f.Name == r.config.ReleaseNotesFile {
+				return string(f.Data)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return chart.Metadata.Description
+}
+
 func (r *Releaser) splitPackageNameAndVersion(pkg string) []string {
 	delimIndex := strings.LastIndex(pkg, "-")
 	return []string{pkg[0:delimIndex], pkg[delimIndex+1:]}
@@ -317,9 +328,10 @@ func (r *Releaser) CreateReleases() error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
 		release := &github.Release{
 			Name:        releaseName,
-			Description: ch.Metadata.Description,
+			Description: r.getReleaseNotes(ch),
 			Assets: []*github.Asset{
 				{Path: p},
 			},

pkg/releaser/releaser_test.go

@@ -311,3 +311,55 @@ func TestReleaser_CreateReleases(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReleaser_ReleaseNotes(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                 string
+		packagePath          string
+		chart                string
+		version              string
+		releaseNotesFile     string
+		expectedReleaseNotes string
+	}{
+		{
+			"chart-package-with-release-notes-file",
+			"testdata/release-packages",
+			"test-chart",
+			"0.1.0",
+			"release-notes.md",
+			"The release notes file content is used as release notes",
+		},
+		{
+			"chart-package-with-non-exists-release-notes-file",
+			"testdata/release-packages",
+			"test-chart",
+			"0.1.0",
+			"non-exists-release-notes.md",
+			"A Helm chart for Kubernetes",
+		},
+		{
+			"chart-package-with-empty-release-notes-file-config-value",
+			"testdata/release-packages",
+			"test-chart",
+			"0.1.0",
+			"",
+			"A Helm chart for Kubernetes",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fakeGitHub := new(FakeGitHub)
+			r := &Releaser{
+				config: &config.Options{
+					PackagePath:      "testdata/release-packages",
+					ReleaseNotesFile: tt.releaseNotesFile,
+				},
+				github: fakeGitHub,
+			}
+			fakeGitHub.On("CreateRelease", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
+			err := r.CreateReleases()
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedReleaseNotes, fakeGitHub.release.Description)
+		})
+	}
+}