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+slug: 1.4.0
+title: What's new in 1.4.0?
+date: 2023-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
+authors: orhun
+tags:
+  - release
+---
+<center>
+
+ <a href="https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff">
+    <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orhun/git-cliff/main/img/git-cliff-banner.jpg" />
+</a>
+
+</center>
+
+> [**git-cliff**](https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff) is a command-line tool (written in [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/)) that provides a highly customizable way to generate changelogs from git history. It supports using [custom regular expressions](/docs/configuration#commit_parsers) to alter changelogs which are mostly based on [conventional commits](/docs/configuration#conventional_commits). With a single [configuration file](/docs/configuration), a big variety of formats can be applied for a changelog, thanks to the Jinja2/Django-inspired [template engine](/docs/category/templating). More information and examples can be found in the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff).
+
+## What's new?
+
+The full changelog can be found [here](https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).
+
+### Bump version 🆙
+
+`git-cliff` can calculate the next version based on conventional commits and bump the version for the unreleased changes for you!
+
+```
+--bump: Bumps the version for unreleased changes
+```
+
+For example, if you have `1.0.0` and committed "feat: xyz", `git-cliff --bump --unreleased` will create a changelog for `1.1.0`.
+
+How it works is that for a semantic versioning such as `<MAJOR>.<MINOR>.<PATCH>`:
+
+- "fix:" -> increments `PATCH`
+- "feat:" -> increments `MINOR`
+- "scope!" (breaking changes) -> increments `MAJOR`
+
+### Better grouping 👥
+
+Now you can group commits by their attributes, i.e. name of the author, email, etc.
+
+For example, to group the commits that belong to `Dependabot` under "Dependency Updates" in the changelog:
+
+```toml
+[git]
+# regex for parsing and grouping commits
+commit_parsers = [
+  { field = "author.name", pattern = "dependabot\\[bot\\]", group = "Dependency Updates"},
+}
+```
+
+This will result in:
+
+```md
+### Dependency Updates
+
+- _(deps)_ Bump regex from 1.9.6 to 1.10.0
+- _(deps)_ Bump toml from 0.8.1 to 0.8.2
+- _(deps)_ Bump regex from 1.9.5 to 1.9.6
+```
+
+The supported commit attributes (`field`s) are:
+
+- `id`
+- `message`
+- `body`
+- `author.name`
+- `author.email`
+- `committer.email`
+- `committer.name`
+
+### Glob -> Regex 🧶
+
+`[git].tag_pattern` was only supporting glob patterns for matching (mostly due to the underlying support of such glob by git2), now it directly supports regular expressions:
+
+```diff
+[git]
+- # glob pattern for matching git tags
++ # regex for matching git tags
+- tag_pattern = "v[0-9]*"
++ tag_pattern = "v[0-9].*"
+```
+
+### Auto-fix typos ✍️
+
+Here is a `git-cliff` configuration for automatically fixing the typos in the commit messages before they appear in the changelog:
+
+```toml
+# regex for preprocessing the commit messages
+commit_preprocessors = [
+  # Check spelling of the commit with https://github.com/crate-ci/typos
+  # If the spelling is incorrect, it will be automatically fixed.
+  { pattern = '.*', replace_command = 'typos --write-changes -' },
+]
+```
+
+This configuration was added to the `git-cliff`'s [repository config](https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/blob/main/cliff.toml) (not default) in [#316](https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/pull/316) and runs [`typos`](https://github.com/crate-ci/typos/) for each commit. There is also a [good first issue](https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/issues/333) to improve this.
+
+### Emacs support 😈
+
+Check out [`git-cliff.el`](https://github.com/liuyinz/git-cliff.el) to generate, update and release changelog in Emacs.
+
+### RustLab 2023 📢
+
+I'm happy to announce that I will be talking about `git-cliff` at [**RustLab 2023**](https://rustlab.it/)! 🎉
+
+![rustlab2023](/img/rustlab2023.png)
+
+<center>
+
+**<https://rustlab.it/talks/turning-git-commits-into-changelog-with-git-cliff>**
+
+</center>
+
+> In this talk, I will be sharing the story behind git-cliff, implementation details with certain design choices, and most importantly how to work with Git objects using Rust. Also, I will be sharing examples of how to use git-cliff and integrate it with your project.
+
+> Additionally, I will be giving tips on creating a successful command-line tool in Rust and publishing it as open source.
+
+- **Dates**: November 19th -> November 21th
+- **Location**: Florence, Italy
+- **Tickets**: <https://rustlab.it/tickets>
+
+## Contributions
+
+Any contribution is highly appreciated! There are [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for getting started.
+
+Feel free to [submit issues](https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/issues/new/choose) and join [Discord](https://discord.gg/W3mAwMDWH4) / [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#git-cliff:matrix.org)!
+
+## Donate
+
+If you liked `git-cliff` and/or my other projects [on GitHub](https://github.com/orhun), consider donating to support my open source endeavors.
+
+💖 [https://donate.orhun.dev](https://donate.orhun.dev)
+
+Have a fantastic day! ⛰️