Generates remotely the changelog for the current branch

gitlab-changelog.js

/* Gets the last version number of the project and generates remotely the changelog on the current branch */

const { exec } = require('child_process');
const axios = require('axios');

const version = require('../../package.json').version;

// Allow to access the environment variables
require('dotenv').config();

const GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN = process.env.VITE_GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN;
const GITLAB_PROJECT_CHANGELOG_API = process.env.VITE_GITLAB_PROJECT_CHANGELOG_API;

exec('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD', (err, stdout) => {
  if(err) {
    console.error(err);
    return
  }
  
  const branch = stdout.trim();

  axios
    .post(
      GITLAB_PROJECT_CHANGELOG_API,
      { version, branch },
      {
        headers: {
          ['Content-Type']: 'application/json',
          ['PRIVATE-TOKEN']: GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN
        }
      }
    )
    .then((response) => {
      if (response.status === 200)
        console.log(`Changelog has been updated: https://gitlab.com/<project-path>/-/blob/${branch}/CHANGELOG.md`);
    })
    .catch((err) => {
      throw new Error(err);
    });
});