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★ 2.6K repodebugN/AIntermediateClaude
🤖 AI Summary

This skill resolves whether a Git repo is local-only or has a remote URL, then generates a structured changelog from git history using linked citations for remote repos or plain references for local repos.

How to Install

Claude Code:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/skills.git && cp skills/.github/plugins/deep-wiki/skills/wiki-changelog ~/.claude/skills/SKILL.md -r

Wiki Changelog

Generate structured changelogs from git history.

Source Repository Resolution (MUST DO FIRST)

Before generating any changelog, you MUST determine the source repository context:

  1. Check for git remote: Run git remote get-url origin to detect if a remote exists
  2. Ask the user: "Is this a local-only repository, or do you have a source repository URL (e.g., GitHub, Azure DevOps)?"
  3. Remote URL provided → store as REPO_URL, use linked citations for commit hashes and file references
  4. Local-only → use plain commit hashes and file references
  5. Do NOT proceed until source repo context is resolved

When to Activate

  • User asks "what changed recently", "generate a changelog", "summarize commits"
  • User wants to understand recent development activity

Procedure

  1. Examine git log (commits, dates, authors, messages)
  2. Group by time period: daily (last 7 days), weekly (older)
  3. Classify each commit: Features (🆕), Fixes (🐛), Refactoring (🔄), Docs (📝), Config (🔧), Dependencies (📦), Breaking (⚠️)
  4. Generate concise user-facing descriptions using project terminology

Constraints

  • Focus on user-facing changes
  • Merge related commits into coherent descriptions
  • Use project terminology from README
  • Highlight breaking changes prominently with migration notes
  • When REPO_URL is available, link commit hashes: [abc1234](REPO_URL/commit/abc1234) and changed files: [file_path](REPO_URL/blob/BRANCH/file_path)

Details

Category Coding → debug
Sourcemicrosoft/skills
SKILL.mdView on GitHub →
Repo Stars★ 2.6K
Est. per Skill13 (shared across 190 skills from this repo)
DifficultyIntermediate
Risk LevelN/A

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