cz-ghostwriter

You want to leverage commitizen to enforce a consistent commit messages that can be parsed to generate a CHANGELOG.md but none of the available presets support your commit types or tools, e.g., Bitbucket, JIRA, Trello. This preset supports configuration via a .changelogrc.js file.

This package is best used alongside the other ghostwriter tools. Each tool can be configured using the same .changelogrc.js file:

• commitlint-config-ghostwriter
• conventional-changelog-ghostwriter

Installation

npm install --save-dev cz-ghostwriter

pnpm install --save-dev cz-ghostwriter

yarn add --dev cz-ghostwriter

Usage

1. Create and configure a .changelogrc.js file in the root of your repository

2. Update commitizen to leverage cz-ghostwriter

   {
    ...
   
    "path": "./node_modules/cz-ghostwriter"
   
    ...
   }

3. Run commitizen

Configuration

issuePrefixes : string[]

The array of prefixes used to detect references to issues.

issueReferencesPrefix : string = "for"

The prefix to use before listing issues that a commit refers to. Defaults to "for".

preset : "github" | undefined

The configuration preset to use which will set other configuration properties. If this property is set the following configuration properties are overwritten, i.e., nullable:

• issuePrefixes

scopes : Scope[] | undefined

The array of scopes that are available for selection when commiting. If left undefined, then any scope may be entered when committing.

type Scope = { description: string; type: string };

types : Array<HiddenType | VisibleType>

The array of type objects representing the explicitly supported commit message types, and whether they should show up in generated CHANGELOGs.

type CommitType = { description: string; type: string };

type HiddenType = CommitType & { hidden: true; section: undefined };

type VisibleType = CommitType & { hidden: undefined; section: string };