DOC: Add changelog to the documentation

.gitignore

@@ -162,3 +162,5 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 .pdm-python
+/docs/source/CHANGELOG.md
+/docs/html/

changelog.d/38.misc.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+`asv_runner` now uses `towncrier` to manage the changelog, also adds the changeglog to the generated documentation.

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -56,3 +56,14 @@
     "source_branch": "main",
     "source_directory": "docs/",
 }
+
+
+# ------------- Copying things
+import os
+import shutil
+
+docs_source_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+project_root_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(docs_source_dir, '..', '..'))
+changelog_src = os.path.join(project_root_dir, 'CHANGELOG.md')
+changelog_dest = os.path.join(docs_source_dir, 'CHANGELOG.md')
+shutil.copyfile(changelog_src, changelog_dest)

docs/source/index.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ measure and analyze the performance of your Python packages.
 
 apidocs/index
 bplugin-list
+CHANGELOG
 ```
 
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