Changed Files Filter

The goal of tracking changes is to provide a meaningful changelog for users of your library, tool, or application. However, some pull requests don’t affect the output of your application and shouldn’t need to be tracked in the changelog. You can always include a changelog with none as the change kind, but this feels unnecessary when certain file changes shouldn’t matter.

The changedFiles configuration lets you define file patterns to control which changes actually require a changelog entry.

Examples

Only require a changelog if a TypeScript file is changed

changedFiles:
  - "**/*.ts"

Ignore markdown files

If only markdown files are modified in a package, it won’t request a changelog:

changedFiles:
  - "!**/*.md"

Ignore markdown files and test files

If only markdown or test files are modified in a package, it won’t request a changelog:

changedFiles:
  - "!**/*.md"
  - "!**/*.test.ts"