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rspress-plugin-changelog

This plugin generates changelog pages for your Rspress documentation site, fetching release information from GitHub and GitLab repositories.

Installation

npm install rspress-plugin-changelog

Usage

Add the plugin to your Rspress configuration file:

import { defineConfig } from 'rspress/config';
import { pluginChangelog } from 'rspress-plugin-changelog';

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    pluginChangelog({
      fetchOnDev: true,
      items: [
        {
          type: 'github-releases',
          routePath: '/github-changelog',
          repo: 'owner/repo',
          title: 'GitHub Changelog',
        },
        {
          type: 'gitlab-releases',
          routePath: '/gitlab-changelog',
          repo: 'owner/repo',
          title: 'GitLab Changelog',
        },
      ],
      routePrefix: 'changelog',
      addSidebar: 'auto',
    }),
  ],
});

Features

• Fetches release information from GitHub and GitLab repositories.
• Generates changelog pages with customizable routes.
• Supports custom templates for rendering changelogs.
• Automatically adds changelog links to the sidebar (configurable).
• Allows fetching data in both production and development environments.

Configuration Options

The pluginChangelog function accepts an options object with the following properties:

• fetchOnDev (boolean, default: true): Whether to fetch changelog data in development environment.
• items (array): An array of changelog items to fetch and display.
• routePrefix (string, default: 'changelog'): The prefix for changelog routes.
• addSidebar (boolean | 'auto', default: 'auto'): Whether to add changelog links to the sidebar.

Changelog Item Options

Each item in the items array can have the following properties:

GitHub Releases

• type: 'github-releases'
• routePath (string): The route path for this changelog.
• repo (string): The GitHub repository in the format 'owner/repo'.
• title (string, optional): The title for the changelog page.
• templatePath (string, optional): Custom template path for rendering the changelog.

GitLab Releases

• type: 'gitlab-releases'
• routePath (string): The route path for this changelog.
• repo (string): The GitLab repository in the format 'owner/repo'.
• baseUrl (string, optional): The GitLab domain. Defaults to 'https://gitlab.com'.
• headers (object, optional): Additional headers for GitLab API requests.
• title (string, optional): The title for the changelog page.
• templatePath (string, optional): Custom template path for rendering the changelog.

Custom Templates

This plugin supports custom templates for rendering changelogs. Templates use Handlebars syntax and have access to two main variables:

• title: The title of the changelog (either specified in the configuration or defaulting to the repository name).
• releases: An array of release objects from GitHub or GitLab.

To use a custom template, specify the templatePath in your changelog item configuration.

Template Variables

GitHub Releases

Release Object

GitLab Releases

Release Object

Showcase

• iRingo
• DualSubs
• BiliUniverse

Demo

• https://github.com/baranwang/rspress-plugin-changelog/blob/main/rspress.config.ts#L13-L41
• https://baranwang.github.io/rspress-plugin-changelog/demo/rspack

License

MIT License