fix(changelog): remove irrelevant versions and details (#939)

excludes prerelease versions
removes lines marked as hidden by starting with .

fixes #925

src/app/core/latest-changes/latest-changes.module.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ import { LatestChangesService } from "./latest-changes.service";
  * Displaying app version and changelog information to the user
  * through components that can be used in other templates
  * as well as automatic popups on updates (see {@link UpdateManagerService}, {@link LatestChangesService}).
+ *
+ * Changelogs are dynamically loaded from GitHub Releases through the GitHub API.
+ * pre-releases are excluded and individual lines in the body can be hidden by starting
+ * text (after markdown characters) with a ".".
  */
 @NgModule({
   imports: [

src/app/core/latest-changes/latest-changes.service.spec.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ describe("LatestChangesService", () => {
       body: "A",
       published_at: "2018-01-01",
     },
+    {
+      name: "prerelease 1",
+      tag_name: "1.0-rc.1",
+      prerelease: true,
+      body: "A",
+      published_at: "2018-01-01",
+    },
   ];
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -122,4 +129,56 @@ describe("LatestChangesService", () => {
       }
     );
   });
+
+  it("should not include prereleases", (done) => {
+    spyOn(http, "get").and.returnValue(of(testReleases));
+
+    service.getChangelogsBeforeVersion("1.1", 10).subscribe((result) => {
+      expect(result).toEqual([testReleases[2]]);
+      expect(result[0]["prerelease"]).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(result).not.toContain(testReleases[3]);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should remove lines from release changelog body that are explicitly hidden by starting with a '.'", (done) => {
+    const testRelease = {
+      name: "test with notes",
+      tag_name: "3.0",
+      body: `changelog
+### Bugs
+* relevant fix
+* .hidden fix
+### .Hidden
+`,
+    };
+
+    spyOn(http, "get").and.returnValue(of([testRelease]));
+
+    service.getChangelogsBetweenVersions("3.0", "2.9").subscribe((result) => {
+      expect(result[0].tag_name).toBe(testRelease.tag_name);
+      expect(result[0].body).toBe(`changelog
+# Bugs
+* relevant fix
+`);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should remove irrelevant details from release changelog body", (done) => {
+    const testRelease = {
+      name: "test with notes",
+      tag_name: "3.0",
+      body:
+        "* fix ([e03dcca](https://github.com/Aam-Digital/ndb-core/commit/e03dcca7d89e584b8f08cc7fe30621c1ad428dba))",
+    };
+
+    spyOn(http, "get").and.returnValue(of([testRelease]));
+
+    service.getChangelogsBetweenVersions("3.0", "2.9").subscribe((result) => {
+      expect(result[0].tag_name).toBe(testRelease.tag_name);
+      expect(result[0].body).toBe("* fix");
+      done();
+    });
+  });
 });

src/app/core/latest-changes/latest-changes.service.ts

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ export class LatestChangesService {
         LatestChangesService.GITHUB_API + environment.repositoryId + "/releases"
       )
       .pipe(
+        map(excludePrereleases),
         map(releaseFilter),
         map((relevantReleases) =>
           relevantReleases.map((r) => this.parseGithubApiRelease(r))
@@ -130,23 +131,37 @@ export class LatestChangesService {
           return throwError("Could not load latest changes.");
         })
       );
+
+    function excludePrereleases(releases: any[]): Changelog[] {
+      return releases.filter(
+        (release) => !release.prerelease && !release.draft
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   private parseGithubApiRelease(githubResponse: any): Changelog {
-    const releaseNotesWithoutHeading = githubResponse.body.replace(
-      /#{1,2}[^###]*/,
-      ""
-    );
-    const releaseNotesWithoutCommitRefs = releaseNotesWithoutHeading.replace(
-      / \(\[\w{7}\]\([^\)]*\)\)/g,
-      ""
-    );
+    const cleanedReleaseNotes = githubResponse.body
+      .replace(
+        // remove heading
+        /#{1,2}[^###]*/,
+        ""
+      )
+      .replace(
+        // remove commit refs
+        / \(\[\w{7}\]\([^\)]*\)\)/g,
+        ""
+      )
+      .replace(
+        // remove lines starting with "." after markdown characters
+        /^(\*|\#)* *\.(.*)(\n|\r\n)/gm,
+        ""
+      );
 
     return {
       tag_name: githubResponse.tag_name,
       name: githubResponse.name,
       published_at: githubResponse.published_at,
-      body: releaseNotesWithoutCommitRefs,
+      body: cleanedReleaseNotes,
     };
   }
 }