Bug: Commits between tags aren't found

[NandoTheessen]

Hi!

Currently trying to make this work, but commits between tags aren't found.

Just tested this with two tags (v0.0.4 & v0.0.5) and added three commits in between them, but none of them were found.

Here's my configuration

- name: Generate Changelog
        if: contains(github.ref_name, '-rc') == false
        id: changelog
        uses: requarks/changelog-action@v1
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          fromTag: ${{ env.previousTag }}
          toTag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
          includeInvalidCommits: true
          writeToFile: false

Here's what ran:

Run requarks/changelog-action@v1
  with:
    token: ***
    fromTag: v0.0.4
    toTag: v0.0.5
    includeInvalidCommits: true
    writeToFile: false
    excludeTypes: build,docs,other,style
    changelogFilePath: CHANGELOG.md
    includeRefIssues: true
    useGitmojis: true
    reverseOrder: false
  env:
    previousTag: v0.0.4

Using tag range: v0.0.4 to v0.0.5
Error: Couldn't find any commits between latest and previous tags.

Any obvious misconfiguration you can point me to?
Or is this indeed a bug?

[NandoTheessen]

To give more context:

DEBUG

Commits between v0.0.5 and v0.0.6:
800234f5 add more debug output
0ec6bb32 fix: add debug step for changelog creation

Run requarks/changelog-action@v1
  with:
    token: ***
    fromTag: v0.0.5
    toTag: v0.0.6
    includeInvalidCommits: true
    writeToFile: false
    excludeTypes: build,docs,other,style
    changelogFilePath: CHANGELOG.md
    includeRefIssues: true
    useGitmojis: true
    reverseOrder: false
  env:
    previousTag: v0.0.5

Using tag range: v0.0.5 to v0.0.6
Error: Couldn't find any commits between latest and previous tags.

So there are definitely commits there and there also available.

I don't think this is a config issue as I am running into the same problem with a similar setup.
I have this action working when running in my main branch
But I am now trying to run this action in a branch associated with my PR and that's where I am running into issues.
When I look at my commit history it seems that all my tags are ending up in my main branch so there are no differences.
I would be interested to see if there's any update on this

[pecollet]

It seems the fromTag is meant to be the latest, and the toTag the oldest : https://github.com/requarks/changelog-action?tab=readme-ov-file#inputs
Needless to say, the fact that it goes opposite the direction of time doesn't quite follow the principle of least surprise.

[NGPixel]

As @pecollet mentioned, you need to switch the values of fromTag (latest) and toTag (oldest). The script scans from latest to oldest commits, hence the naming. Yes it's confusing and it will be changed to something more obvious in a future major release.