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Generate release notes content for a release

Generate a name and body describing a release. The body content will be markdown formatted and contain information like the changes since last release and users who contributed. The generated release notes are not saved anywhere. They are intended to be generated and used when creating a new release.

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/generate-notes

Path parameters

ownerstring required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostring required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Request body

tag_namestring required

The tag name for the release. This can be an existing tag or a new one.

target_commitishstring

Specifies the commitish value that will be the target for the release's tag. Required if the supplied tag_name does not reference an existing tag. Ignored if the tag_name already exists.

previous_tag_namestring

The name of the previous tag to use as the starting point for the release notes. Use to manually specify the range for the set of changes considered as part this release.

configuration_file_pathstring

Specifies a path to a file in the repository containing configuration settings used for generating the release notes. If unspecified, the configuration file located in the repository at '.github/release.yml' or '.github/release.yaml' will be used. If that is not present, the default configuration will be used.

Response

Name and body of generated release notes

namestring required

The generated name of the release

bodystring required

The generated body describing the contents of the release supporting markdown formatting

Example response

{
  "name": "Release v1.0.0 is now available!"
}