chore: switch changelog to markdown

.gitignore

@@ -116,14 +116,16 @@ dist
 .vscode
 
 # Generated Docs
-docs/generated/agent
-docs/generated/assets
-docs/generated/auth-client
-docs/generated/authentication
-docs/generated/identity
-docs/generated/identity-secp256k1
-docs/generated/identity-ledgerhq
-docs/generated/principal
-docs/generated/candid
-docs/generated/bls-verify
-docs/generated/identity-secp256k1
+docs/agent
+docs/assets
+docs/auth-client
+docs/authentication
+docs/identity
+docs/identity-secp256k1
+docs/identity-ledgerhq
+docs/principal
+docs/candid
+docs/bls-verify
+docs/identity-secp256k1
+docs/generated
+docs/changelog.html

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ additional detail if necessary
 
 This will automatically link your commit to the GitHub issue, and automatically close it when the pull request is merged.
 
-Please document your changes in the [changelog.html](./docs/generated/changelog.html) file.
+Please document your changes in the [CHANGELOG.md](./docs/CHANGELOG.md) file.
 
 ## Formatting
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Start the process by initiating the GitHub Action Workflow `prepare-release.yml`
 The `prepare-release.yml` GitHub Actions workflow checks out the code, sets up Node.js, installs dependencies, and runs the release script via `release-it`. The process, defined in our `package.json` file, includes the following tasks:
 
 - version bump,
-- roll version in CHANGELOG.md,
+- roll version in [CHANGELOG.md](./docs/CHANGELOG.md),
 - new release branch creation,
 - git tag creation and push,
 - suitable GitHub Release summary creation based on commit history,

bin/roll-changelog.ts

@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ if (!newVersion) {
   console.error('Please provide a new version as an argument.');
   process.exit(1);
 }
+const now = new Date();
+const formattedDate = `${now.getFullYear()}-${now.getMonth() + 1}-${now.getDate()}`;
 
-const path: string = 'docs/generated/changelog.html';
-const pattern: string = '      <h2>Version x.x.x</h2>';
-const replacement: string = `      <h2>Version x.x.x</h2>
-      <ul></ul>
-      <h2>Version ${newVersion}</h2>`;
+const path: string = 'docs/CHANGELOG.md';
+const pattern: string = '## [Unreleased]';
+const replacement: string = `## [Unreleased]
+
+## [${newVersion}] - ${formattedDate}`;
 
 readFile(path, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
   if (err) throw err;

dfx.json

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
   "canisters": {
     "docs": {
       "type": "assets",
-      "source": ["docs/generated"]
+      "source": [
+        "docs"
+      ]
     },
     "counter": {
       "type": "motoko",