changelog.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Writes a change log to stdout using the GitHub API and the milestone associated with the specified Git tag

# Write Markdown headers for the Git tag and release date
echo "##${TRAVIS_TAG}"
echo "######Released on $(date '+%Y-%m-%d')"

# Query GitHub API for a milestone matching the Git tag
GITHUB_API_URL="https://api.github.com/repos/${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}"
MILESTONE_ARRAY=( \
    $(curl --silent "${GITHUB_API_URL}/milestones?state=all" \
    | jq --arg title "${TRAVIS_TAG}" '.[] | select(.title == $title) | .number') \
    ) > /dev/null

# When GitHub has a milestone matching the Git tag, write milestone related information to the change log
if [[ "${#MILESTONE_ARRAY[@]}" -ne 0 ]]; then
    # Write the milestone description to the change log
    MILESTONE_DESCRIPTION=( \
        $(curl --silent "${GITHUB_API_URL}/milestones/${MILESTONE_ARRAY[0]}" \
        | jq .description) \
        ) > /dev/null
    MILESTONE_DESCRIPTION=${MILESTONE_DESCRIPTION[*]#\"}
    echo ${MILESTONE_DESCRIPTION[*]%\"}

    # Write the milestone's associated issues to the change log with each issue on a separate line with the issue
    # title, issue number, and a link to the issue on GitHub.com, all in markdown format: .title ([#.number](.html_url))
    ISSUE_ARRAY=$(curl --silent "${GITHUB_API_URL}/issues?state=all&milestone=${MILESTONE_ARRAY[0]}" | jq -c '.[] | [.title, .number, .html_url]') >> /dev/null
    while read line
    do
        echo ${line} | sed 's#\["\(.*\)",\(.*\),"\(.*\)"\]#- \1 ([\#\2](\3))#'
    done <<< "${ISSUE_ARRAY[*]}"
fi