Merge pull request #6352 from blockchain/release-changelog

chore(changelog): update how changelogs are generated

.release-it.json

@@ -4,19 +4,15 @@
       "rm -rf packages/blockchain-wallet-v4-frontend/build",
       "rm -rf packages/blockchain-wallet-v4-frontend/extracted-ts",
       "yarn manage:translations"
-    ],
-    "before:release": "echo 🚨 REMINDER: Update default branch in Github to be this release branch now! 🚨",
-    "after:release": "echo ✅ SUCCESS! 🚨 REMINDER: After CI build has completed the 'pull repository/code step', reset default branch in Github back to development!"
+    ]
   },
   "git": {
     "requireCleanWorkingDir": false,
     "requireUpstream": false,
-    "changelog": "changelog -t $(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags) -f -",
-    "commitMessage": "chore(Release): v${version}",
+    "commitMessage": "chore(release): v${version}",
     "tagName": "v${version}",
     "tagAnnotation": "Release v${version}"
   },
-
   "github": {
     "release": true,
     "preRelease": true,
@@ -25,5 +21,13 @@
   },
   "npm": {
     "publish": false
+  },
+  "plugins": {
+    "@release-it/conventional-changelog": {
+      "preset": {
+        "name": "angular"
+      },
+      "infile": false
+    }
   }
 }

README.md

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ https://github.com/release-it/release-it#github-releases
 `GITHUB_TOKEN` should be saved as `RELEASE_IT_TOKEN` instead in your bash_profile or wherever you keep env variables
 
 You'll need git changelog to generate the history since the last release:
-`npm install -g changelog`
 
 #### Release Steps
 

package.json

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "0.5.4",
     "@react-theming/storybook-addon": "1.1.1",
     "@reduxjs/toolkit": "1.6.0",
+    "@release-it/conventional-changelog": "^7.0.0",
     "@storybook/addon-actions": "6.3.6",
     "@storybook/addon-essentials": "6.3.6",
     "@storybook/addon-info": "5.3.21",
@@ -152,7 +153,6 @@
     "coveralls": "3.1.1",
     "cross-env": "7.0.3",
     "css-loader": "4.3.0",
-    "cz-conventional-changelog": "3.3.0",
     "enzyme": "3.11.0",
     "enzyme-to-json": "3.6.2",
     "eslint": "7.31.0",
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@
     "favicons-webpack-plugin": "5.0.2",
     "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "6.4.0",
     "futoin-hkdf": "1.4.2",
-    "generate-changelog": "1.8.0",
     "hoist-non-react-statics": "3.3.2",
     "html-replace-webpack-plugin": "2.6.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "5.5.0",
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@
     "react-refresh-typescript": "2.0.3",
     "redux-mock-store": "1.5.4",
     "redux-saga-test-plan": "4.0.6",
-    "release-it": "13.7.2",
+    "release-it": "^16.0.0",
     "rimraf": "3.0.2",
     "staged-git-files": "1.2.0",
     "storybook-dark-mode": "1.0.8",