chore(release): use current date as release date

Signed-off-by: Lexus Drumgold <unicornware@flexdevelopment.llc>

changelog.config.cts

@@ -6,11 +6,32 @@
 
 import type { Config } from 'conventional-changelog-cli'
 import type { Options } from 'conventional-changelog-core'
-import type { CommitGroup } from 'conventional-changelog-writer'
+import type {
+  CommitGroup,
+  GeneratedContext
+} from 'conventional-changelog-writer'
 import type { Commit, CommitRaw } from 'conventional-commits-parser'
 import dateformat from 'dateformat'
 import pkg from './package.json'
 
+/**
+ * Changlog context.
+ *
+ * @extends {GeneratedContext}
+ */
+interface Context extends GeneratedContext {
+  currentTag: string
+  linkCompare: boolean
+  previousTag: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Git tag prefix.
+ *
+ * @const {string} TAG_PREFIX
+ */
+const TAG_PREFIX: string = ''
+
 /**
  * Changelog configuration options.
  *
@@ -57,9 +78,18 @@ const config: Config = {
       commit.committerDate = dateformat(commit.committerDate, 'yyyy-mm-dd')
 
       if (commit.gitTags) {
+        /**
+         * Regex expression used to check {@link commit.gitTags} for the release
+         * {@link commit} belongs to.
+         *
+         * @const {RegExp} vgx
+         */
+        const vgx: RegExp = TAG_PREFIX
+          ? new RegExp(`tag:\\s*[=]?${TAG_PREFIX}(.+?)[,)]`, 'gi')
+          : /tag:\s*[=v]?(.+?)[),]/gi
+
         commit = Object.assign({}, commit, {
-          version:
-            /tag:\s*[=v]?(.+?)[),]/g.exec(commit.gitTags)?.[1] ?? undefined
+          version: vgx.exec(commit.gitTags)?.[1] ?? undefined
         })
       }
 
@@ -126,6 +156,51 @@ const config: Config = {
         ? a.header.localeCompare(b.header) || by_date
         : by_date
     },
+    /**
+     * Modifies `context` before the changelog is generated.
+     *
+     * This includes:
+     *
+     * - Setting the release date to the current date
+     * - Setting the current release tag
+     * - Setting the previous release tag
+     * - Setting compare link generation
+     *
+     * @see https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/tree/master/packages/conventional-changelog-core#finalizecontext
+     * @see https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/tree/master/packages/conventional-changelog-writer#finalizecontext
+     *
+     * @param {GeneratedContext} context - Generated changelog context
+     * @return {Context} Final changelog context
+     */
+    finalizeContext(context: GeneratedContext): Context {
+      /**
+       * Use current date as release date instead of date of most recent commit.
+       *
+       * @see https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/blob/master/packages/conventional-changelog-writer/lib/util.js#L194-L196
+       */
+      context.date = dateformat(new Date(), 'yyyy-mm-dd')
+
+      /**
+       * Release tag for upcoming version.
+       *
+       * @const {string} currentTag
+       */
+      const currentTag: string = TAG_PREFIX + pkg.version
+
+      /**
+       * Release tag for previous version.
+       *
+       * @const {string} previousTag
+       */
+      const previousTag: string = context.gitSemverTags[0]!
+
+      return {
+        ...context,
+        currentTag,
+        linkCompare: currentTag !== previousTag,
+        previousTag
+      }
+    },
     ignoreReverted: false
   }
 }

typings/conventional-changelog-writer/index.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import {} from 'conventional-changelog-writer'
+
+declare module 'conventional-changelog-writer' {
+  namespace GeneratedContext {
+    interface ExtraContext {
+      gitSemverTags: string[]
+    }
+  }
+}