Release Notes from Commits is a free prompt. Paste your commit subjects. Get clean release notes: user-facing changes, internals separated, breaking changes called out.
It is not always the right tool. Here is when something else wins, and when it does not.
Dedicated tool
release-please, semantic-release, or git-cliff
Pick it if
Your commits already follow Conventional Commits and you want releases automated in CI.
Pick Release Notes from Commits if
Your commits are messy and you need readable notes for this release today.
Dedicated tool
GitHub's auto-generated release notes
Pick it if
A list of merged PR titles is enough for your readers.
Pick Release Notes from Commits if
You want user-facing changes separated from internals, with breaking changes called out.
0:00Who is askingSolo, cautious, rifle, mid rank, in a fictional shooter called Northline. The emote does not matter. The rifle does.
0:08What the notes actually sayRifle flinch down 15%. Extraction shrinks from 45s to 30s. A whiteout weather with bad visibility. A double-charge insurance bug is fixed.
0:16TranslatedYour gun is steadier when you are shot. You have less time to leave, so camping the extract is worse. Whiteout rounds reward players who already know the map by sound.
0:24TonightUpdate and play. The insurance fix is worth it, and your rifle got kinder. Leave if the queue is all whiteout and you hate guessing.
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0:00The bio writes itselfPat's bio says 'full-stack ninja' and 'building the future.' The blog field is empty. 46 public repos, 12 followers.
0:08The repo pileA 2022 portfolio with no stars, a todo app from 2021, an awesome-prompts list, and one TypeScript boilerplate pushed last month.
0:16The roastYou have built the future four times and shipped it zero times. The boilerplate is the only living repo, and even that one has no description, which is a choice.
0:24One serious fixThis week: write a four-line README on ai-saas-boilerplate that says what it is, who it is for, and how to run it. Pin that. Archive the todo app.
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Questions
What are the alternatives to Release Notes from Commits?
release-please, semantic-release, or git-cliff (dedicated tool); GitHub's auto-generated release notes (dedicated tool). On One Agent a Day, Commit Message Fortune, Patch Notes Explainer, README Doctor, Roast My GitHub do a similar job.
When is release-please, semantic-release, or git-cliff better than Release Notes from Commits?
Release-please, semantic-release, or git-cliff is the better pick when your commits already follow Conventional Commits and you want releases automated in CI. Release Notes from Commits is the better pick when your commits are messy and you need readable notes for this release today.
When is GitHub's auto-generated release notes better than Release Notes from Commits?
GitHub's auto-generated release notes is the better pick when a list of merged PR titles is enough for your readers. Release Notes from Commits is the better pick when you want user-facing changes separated from internals, with breaking changes called out.
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