No CHANGELOG.md in repo

[steffengrahl]

Action ends with

Done!
Generated log placed in /github/workspace/CHANGELOG.md

But no CHANGELOG.md is generated

[GeorgianStan]

Same behavior for me

[nrdxp]

Anyone know where the changelog is?

[GeorgianStan]

@nrdxp I guess here...

[nrdxp]

It looks like the action doesn't commit the log, only generates it. So you'll need to combine it with a commit action at the bare minimum. Here is a nice blog post that should help anyone else confused on this.

https://renehernandez.io/essays/2020/09/23/automate-changelog-and-releases-creation-in-github

[zillionare]

can't we just use /github/workspace/CHANGELOG.md directly without commit?

[zillionare]

the output says the CHANGELOG.md is under /github/workspace/, however it's actually under current src dir (with other files that checked out, built), so we can use it directly with './CHANGELOG.md'

just my 2 cents

[janheinrichmerker]

As @nrdxp says, the action only creates the file.
You can do whatever you want with that file in your workflows, e.g., commit it back to the original repo.