ci: add automatic changelog creation

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ All notable changes to Forji will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
-
 ## [1.5] - 2026-06-04
 
 ### Added
@@ -41,6 +39,3 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - No longer opens a duplicate PR when the reviewer request fails (#53).
 - Background notification poll no longer crashes on an invalid instance URL (#54).
 - Messages that were not marked as read are now handled correctly.
-
-[Unreleased]: https://codeberg.org/secana/Forji/compare/v1.5...HEAD
-[1.5]: https://codeberg.org/secana/Forji/releases/tag/v1.5

cliff.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# git-cliff configuration — generates CHANGELOG.md from conventional commits.
+# Output follows the Keep a Changelog format (https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
+# See https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
+
+[changelog]
+header = """
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to Forji will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).\n
+"""
+body = """
+{% if version -%}
+    ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}] - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+{% else -%}
+    ## [Unreleased]
+{% endif -%}
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+    ### {{ group | upper_first }}
+    {% for commit in commits %}
+        - {{ commit.message | split(pat="\n") | first | upper_first | trim }}\
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}\n
+"""
+footer = ""
+# Remove leading and trailing whitespaces from the changelog's body.
+trim = true
+
+[git]
+# Parse commits according to the conventional commits specification.
+conventional_commits = true
+# Drop commits that are not conventional (e.g. merge commits).
+filter_unconventional = true
+# Drop commits that no parser assigns to a group.
+filter_commits = true
+# Only consider tags that look like releases (v1.5, v1.6, ...).
+tag_pattern = "v[0-9]*"
+sort_commits = "oldest"
+# Groups render alphabetically; "Added" < "Changed" < "Fixed" already matches
+# the Keep a Changelog ordering for the types we emit.
+commit_parsers = [
+  { message = "^feat", group = "Added" },
+  { message = "^fix", group = "Fixed" },
+  { message = "^refactor", group = "Changed" },
+  { message = "^perf", group = "Changed" },
+  { message = "^docs", group = "Changed" },
+  { message = "^chore", skip = true },
+  { message = "^test", skip = true },
+  { message = "^style", skip = true },
+  { message = "^ci", skip = true },
+  { message = "^build", skip = true },
+]

flake.nix

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
             pkgs.xcbeautify
             pkgs.swiftlint
             pkgs.swiftformat
+            pkgs.git-cliff
           ];
         };
       });

justfile

@@ -37,11 +37,49 @@ pbxproj := "Forji/Forji.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj"
 version:
     @grep -m1 'MARKETING_VERSION' {{pbxproj}} | sed 's/.*= *//;s/;.*//'
 
-# Set app version (updates both MARKETING_VERSION and CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION)
-set-version new_version:
-    sed -i '' 's/MARKETING_VERSION = [^;]*/MARKETING_VERSION = {{new_version}}/' {{pbxproj}}
-    sed -i '' 's/CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = [^;]*/CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = {{new_version}}/' {{pbxproj}}
-    @echo "Version set to {{new_version}}"
+changelog := "CHANGELOG.md"
+
+# Preview the changelog entries for unreleased commits (since the latest tag)
+changelog:
+    @git cliff --config cliff.toml --unreleased --strip header
+
+# Release a new version: bump version, generate the changelog, tag, commit, and push
+release new_version:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -eo pipefail
+    NEW="{{new_version}}"
+    TAG="v$NEW"
+
+    # Refuse to release from a dirty tree so the release commit stays clean.
+    if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+      echo "Working tree is not clean. Commit or stash your changes before releasing."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Refuse to clobber an existing tag.
+    if git rev-parse "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      echo "Tag $TAG already exists."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    PREV=$(grep -m1 'MARKETING_VERSION' {{pbxproj}} | sed 's/.*= *//;s/;.*//')
+    echo "Releasing $PREV -> $NEW"
+
+    # 1. Bump the version in the Xcode project.
+    sed -i '' "s/MARKETING_VERSION = [^;]*/MARKETING_VERSION = $NEW/" {{pbxproj}}
+    sed -i '' "s/CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = [^;]*/CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = $NEW/" {{pbxproj}}
+
+    # 2. Generate the changelog section for the new version from the conventional
+    #    commits since the last tag, prepending it under the header.
+    git cliff --config cliff.toml --unreleased --tag "$TAG" --prepend {{changelog}}
+
+    # 3. Commit, tag, and push.
+    git add {{pbxproj}} {{changelog}}
+    git commit -m "chore: release $NEW"
+    git tag -a "$TAG" -m "Release $NEW"
+    git push origin HEAD
+    git push origin "$TAG"
+    echo "Released $NEW and pushed $TAG."
 
 # Clean build artifacts
 clean: