add support for including commit pattern

[rouzwelt]

proposing to add support for including commits pattern for changelog. with the option to make it strict with "--strict-include" to whether include merge commits or not.

if the strict flag is provided then only include based on provided regex, else include merge commits as well.

[ljharb]

Please use a term other than "whitelist" - perhaps "allowlist"?

[rouzwelt]

I went with "exclude" and "include".
@ljharb let me know if it works for you or not

[rouzwelt]

hey man @ljharb , let me know if everything is good for this to get merged, I'll open the next PR as soon as this one gets merged. or if you'd prefer I can open the next PR to be merging into this one?

[ljharb]

@rouzwelt i'm reviewing as an interested user, i'm not a maintainer here.

[rouzwelt]

@cookpete Hey man, I guess you have already looked into this PR, so I was wondering what would be the next steps? Im hoping this can get merged if all looks ok from your side?

[rouzwelt]

@cookpete hey man, I hope I can get a response from you regarding this PR, please let me know your thoughts about this, Im really hoping this Pr can be considered, it is really big feature that I need with this package, and I believe many others might come across needing it as well

[bombillazo]

Hey @cookpete , any chance to get a review for this PR? I'd also be interested in helping maintain this if necessary.

[rouzwelt]

Hey @cookpete , any chance to get a review for this PR? I'd also be interested in helping maintain this if necessary.

thanks man for the support, let's wait and see what @cookpete thinks about this, he seems busy :D
but Im hoping we can have a resolution for this as soon as we get a response from @cookpete

[cookpete]

Thanks @rouzwelt for the PR and @ljharb for the review.

I’ve simplified the logic and renamed the option to --commit-pattern to be consistent with the other --*-pattern options.

I’ve also allowed both --commit-pattern and --ignore-commit-pattern to be used, for the rare case that you want to include a certain commit pattern and then exclude some of those commits.

Sorry for the delay! Will publish a new version shortly after I’ve skimmed through the other issues and PRs.

[rouzwelt]

Thanks @rouzwelt for the PR and @ljharb for the review.

I’ve simplified the logic and renamed the option to --commit-pattern to be consistent with the other --*-pattern options.

I’ve also allowed both --commit-pattern and --ignore-commit-pattern to be used, for the rare case that you want to include a certain commit pattern and then exclude some of those commits.

Sorry for the delay! Will publish a new version shortly after I’ve skimmed through the other issues and PRs.

awesome man, thank you so much 🙏🏻

[bombillazo]

Epic! Thanks!

[axi92]

I checked and 2.4.0 does not have the option yet. Is there a reason why its not yet published?

[cookpete]

Is there a reason why its not yet published?

Because I forgot to publish this when I said I would (over a year ago) and then life got very busy.

Published in 2.5.0 🎉

[bombillazo]

thanks !