[notes] Add support for multiple authors

This commit adds code to support export of
multiple authors from the changelog entry.

Signed-off-by: Venu Vardhan Reddy Tekula <venuvardhanreddytekula8@gmail.com>

release_tools/notes.py

@@ -345,12 +345,20 @@ def compose(self, project, entries):
 
         authors = self._extract_authors(project)
 
+        def _check_author_exists_already(author):
+            if author not in authors:
+                authors.append(author)
+
         for _, entry_list in sorted(entries.items()):
             for entry in ReleaseNotesComposer._sort_entries_by_id(entry_list):
                 if not entry.author:
                     continue
-                if entry.author not in authors:
-                    authors.append(entry.author)
+
+                if type(entry.author) is list:
+                    for author in entry.author:
+                        _check_author_exists_already(author)
+                else:
+                    _check_author_exists_already(entry.author)
 
         content = ""
 

releases/unreleased/notes-command-supports-multiple-authors-in-changelog-entries.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+title: Notes command supports multiple authors in changelog entries
+category: added
+author: null
+issue: 49
+notes: >
+    The notes command supports exporting of multiple authors
+    from the changelog entries. You can add more than one
+    author to the changelog entry by defining them as
+    ```
+    author: 
+        - John Smith <jsmith@example.com>
+        - John Doe <jdoe@example.com>
+    ```

tests/test_notes.py

@@ -113,17 +113,19 @@ def setup_unreleased_entries(dirpath):
             "second feature",
             "final feature",
             "another fix",
+            "final fix",
         ]
         categories = [
             CategoryChange.ADDED,
             CategoryChange.FIXED,
             CategoryChange.ADDED,
             CategoryChange.ADDED,
             CategoryChange.FIXED,
+            CategoryChange.FIXED,
         ]
-        authors = ['jsmith', 'jdoe', 'jsmith', 'jdoe', 'jsmith']
-        issues = [1, 2, 3, 'null', 'null']
-        notes = [True, False, False, False, True]
+        authors = ['jsmith', 'jdoe', 'jsmith', 'jdoe', 'jsmith', '\n- jsmith\n- jdoe']
+        issues = [1, 2, 3, 'null', 'null', 'null']
+        notes = [True, False, False, False, True, False]
         notes_txt = (
             ">\n"
             "  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor"
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ def setup_unreleased_entries(dirpath):
         os.makedirs(dirpath)
 
         # Create some entries
-        for x in range(0, 5):
+        for x in range(0, 6):
             filepath = os.path.join(dirpath, str(x) + '.yml')
 
             with open(filepath, mode='w') as fd: