How do I include non-conventional commits in the changelog?

[SimonEast]

I have a git history where most of the commits were not following the "conventional commits" structure — that is they had no prefixes. I'd like to include these in the changelog.

They won't be able to be categorised, but perhaps they could be grouped under a "Other changes" heading.

I'd still like to keep "chore:" and other similar commits out of the changelog.

Is there a configuration option to do this?

[IshmamDC217]

The default conventionalcommits preset only shows feat, fix, and breaking changes. You control which types appear (and their headings) with a types array in .versionrc or the commit-and-tag-version key in package.json:

json{
  "types": [
    { "type": "feat", "section": "Features" },
    { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes" },
    { "type": "docs", "section": "Other changes" },
    { "type": "refactor", "section": "Other changes" },
    { "type": "chore", "hidden": true }
  ]
}

Types sharing a section get grouped together, and hidden: true keeps chore out.
Note this only works for commits with a conventional prefix. Truly prefix-less commits won't map to a type, so those won't show up this way.