Automate your Changelogs with Release Drafter
summary
Automates changelogs by turning merged pull requests and labels into draft release notes via a GitHub Action; uses PR titles/bodies, label-to-section mapping, semantic versioning, regex substitutions for Jira/CVE links, and org‑level configs. Works at scale: deployed across 500+ Jenkins plugins with centralized templates and automated labeling, producing drafts that update on merge so a maintainer only picks the version and publishes. Shows Release Drafter generating releases from PR labels to categories and integrating with CI/CD pipelines.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07Changelog automation problem
- 2:34Manual changelogs struggles
- 4:23Release Drafter introduction
- 5:49Release Drafter as GitHub Action
- 7:36Configuring Release Drafter
- 9:00Scaling Release Drafter
- 11:50Live demo
- 14:43Automated publishing & integration
- 15:47Social media & advanced features
- 16:50Adoption & alternatives
- 17:38Contributing & future
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