Specify a subpath to build the changelog

[pgmillon]

Hi,
In the context of a mono-repo, is it possible to specify the repository subpath to build the changelog from ?

Something like git cliff -- subpath/

Thanks.

[orhun]

Hello,

You can do git cliff --repository subpath/ and it will use the git repository in subpath/.

If that's not what you mean, please elaborate.

[pgmillon]

Hi,
Thanks for the quick answer.
So, I have multiple projects in a mono-repo and I'd like to get the changelog of only one of these projects:

git-repo-root
├── project1
│  └── CHANGELOG.md
└── project2
    └── CHANGELOG.md

For now, I usually do conventional-changelog --commit-path=project1 -t releases/project1/v -o project1/CHANGELOG.md
I think something similar in git-cliff is required to be useful in monorepos :)

Regards,

[orhun]

So, I have multiple projects in a mono-repo and I'd like to get the changelog of only one of these projects:

git-repo-root
├── project1
│  └── CHANGELOG.md
└── project2
    └── CHANGELOG.md

I see. Have you tried --repository option? (e.g. git cliff --repository project1)

[pgmillon]

Yes, but I have an error:

$ git cliff --repository project1
 ERROR git_cliff > Git error: `could not find repository from 'project1'; class=Repository (6); code=NotFound (-3)`

[orhun]

I think I finally get it 😃

0bb7c91 -> adds --commit-path <PATH> argument for generating a changelog scoped to a specific directory

e.g.

git cliff --commit-path git-cliff-core/ -o git-cliff-core/CHANGELOG.md

This argument will be available with the next release. In the meantime feel free to test it out and report bugs if any 🐻

[orhun]

v0.3.0 is released.