feat: implementing ansys/actions/changelogs and adding release note in documentation

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+## Description
+**Please provide a brief description of the changes made in this pull request.**
+
+## Issue linked
+**Please mention the issue number or describe the problem this pull request addresses.**
+
+## Checklist
+- [ ] I have visited and read [Develop PyMAPDL](https://mapdl.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/getting_started/develop_pymapdl.html#develop-pymapdl).
+- [ ] I have [tested my changes locally](https://mapdl.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/getting_started/develop_pymapdl.html#unit-testing)
+- [ ] I have added necessary [documentation or updated existing documentation](https://mapdl.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/getting_started/write_documentation.html#id2).
+- [ ] I have followed the [PyMAPDL coding style guidelines](https://mapdl.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/getting_started/develop_pymapdl.html#code-style).
+- [ ] I have added appropriate [unit tests](https://mapdl.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/getting_started/develop_pymapdl.html#unit-testing) that also ensure the [minimal coverage criteria](https://mapdl.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/getting_started/develop_pymapdl.html#code-coverage).
+- [ ] I have reviewed my changes before submitting this pull request.
+- [ ] I have [linked the issue or issues](https://dev.docs.pyansys.com/content-writing/content-how-tos/create-PR.html#id2) that are solved to the PR if any.
+- [ ] I have [assigned this PR to myself](https://dev.docs.pyansys.com/content-writing/content-how-tos/create-PR.html#id2).
+- [ ] I have made sure that the title of my PR follows [Commit naming conventions](https://dev.docs.pyansys.com/how-to/contributing.html#commit-naming-conventions) (e.g. ``feat: adding new MAPDL command``)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -59,6 +59,41 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
 
+
+  update-changelog:
+    name: "Update CHANGELOG (on release)"
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: ansys/actions/doc-deploy-changelog@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_TOKEN }}
+
+
+  branch-name:
+    # Only if the event is a pull request and the branch name is not from the pre-commit-ci bot
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref != 'pre-commit-ci-update-config'
+    name: Check the name of the branch
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check branch name
+        uses: ansys/actions/branch-name-style@v6
+
+
+  commit-name:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    name: Check the name of the commit
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check commit name
+        uses: ansys/actions/commit-style@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+
   doc-style:
     name: "Documentation style check"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -69,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           vale-version: "3.4.1"
 
+
   smoke-tests:
     name: Build and smoke test (${{ matrix.os }} | Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}) (Release=${{ matrix.should-release }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -816,7 +852,7 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: "Release"
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-    needs: [smoke-tests, docs-build, build-test, build-test-ubuntu, build-test-ubuntu-minimal]
+    needs: [smoke-tests, docs-build, build-test, build-test-ubuntu, build-test-ubuntu-minimal, update-changelog]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python

.github/workflows/label.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 name: "Pull Request Labeler"
 on:
   pull_request:
-    types: [opened, reopened]
+    # opened, reopened, and synchronize are default for pull_request
+    # edited - when PR title or body is changed
+    # labeled - when labels are added to PR
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, edited, labeled]
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths:
@@ -101,3 +104,15 @@ jobs:
           - [Examples](https://github.com/ansys/pymapdl/pulls?q=label%3Aexamples+)
           - [Maintenance](https://github.com/ansys/pymapdl/pulls?q=label%3Amaintenance+)
           - [CI/CD](https://github.com/ansys/pymapdl/pulls?q=label%3Aci%2Fcd+)
+
+  changelog-fragment:
+    name: "Create changelog fragment"
+    needs: [labeler]
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: ansys/actions/doc-changelog@v6
+      with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_TOKEN }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# CHANGELOG
+
+This project uses [towncrier](https://towncrier.readthedocs.io/) to generate changelogs. 
+
+For more information, see the [raw release notes](doc/source/changelog.rst).
+
+[Published release notes](https://mapdl.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/changelog.html) can be found in the online documentation.

doc/changelog.d/3019.miscellaneous.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+feat: implementing `ansys/actions/changelogs` and adding release note in documentation

doc/changelog.d/changelog_template.jinja

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{% if sections[""] %}
+{% for category, val in definitions.items() if category in sections[""] %}
+
+{{ definitions[category]['name'] }}
+{% set underline = '^' * definitions[category]['name']|length %}
+{{ underline }}
+
+{% for text, values in sections[""][category].items() %}
+- {{ text }} {{ values|join(', ') }}
+{% endfor %}
+
+{% endfor %}
+{% else %}
+No significant changes.
+
+
+{% endif %}

doc/source/changelog.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.. _ref_release_notes:
+
+Release notes
+#############
+
+This document contains the release notes for the project.
+
+.. vale off
+
+.. towncrier release notes start
+
+
+.. vale on

doc/source/conf.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version
 release = version = __version__
 cname = os.getenv("DOCUMENTATION_CNAME", "mapdl.docs.pyansys.com")
+switcher_version = get_version_match(__version__)
 
 REPOSITORY_NAME = "pymapdl"
 USERNAME = "ansys"
@@ -229,6 +230,13 @@
     "pyvista.Plotter.show",
 ]
 
+# If we are on a release, we have to ignore the "release" URLs, since it is not
+# available until the release is published.
+if switcher_version != "dev":
+    linkcheck_ignore.append(
+        f"https://github.com/ansys/pymapdl/releases/tag/v{__version__}"
+    )
+
 user_agent = """curl https://www.ansys.com -A "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.3"""
 
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
@@ -299,12 +307,12 @@
     ],
     "switcher": {
         "json_url": f"https://{cname}/versions.json",
-        "version_match": get_version_match(__version__),
+        "version_match": switcher_version,
     },
     "use_meilisearch": {
         "api_key": os.getenv("MEILISEARCH_PUBLIC_API_KEY", ""),
         "index_uids": {
-            f"pymapdl-v{get_version_match(__version__).replace('.', '-')}": "PyMAPDL",
+            f"pymapdl-v{switcher_version.replace('.', '-')}": "PyMAPDL",
         },
     },
 }

doc/source/getting_started/contribution.rst

@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ Overall guidance on contributing to a PyAnsys library appears in the
 in the *PyAnsys Developer's Guide*. Ensure that you are thoroughly familiar
 with it and the `Coding style <dev_guide_coding_style_>`_ before attempting to
 contribute to PyMAPDL.
-
+
+In order to have a nice :ref:`ref_release_notes` section, it is important to follow
+the branch and commit names conventions as described in the *PyAnsys Developer's Guide*
+`branch <dev_guide_branch_names_>`_ and `commit <dev_guide_commit_names_>`_ naming
+sections.
+
 
 Answer discussions
 ==================

doc/source/index.rst

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
    mapdl_commands/index
    api/index
    examples/index
+   changelog
 
 
 .. image:: ../source/_static/logo_dark.png

doc/source/links.rst

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 .. _dev_guide_contributing: https://dev.docs.pyansys.com/how-to/contributing.html
 .. _dev_guide_coding_style: https://dev.docs.pyansys.com/coding-style/index.html
 .. _dev_guide_setup_your_environment: https://dev.docs.pyansys.com/how-to/setting-up.html
+.. _dev_guide_branch_names: https://dev.docs.pyansys.com/how-to/contributing.html#branch-naming-conventions
+.. _dev_guide_commit_names: https://dev.docs.pyansys.com/how-to/contributing.html#commit-naming-conventions
 
 .. #Other libraries
 .. _pyvista_docs: https://docs.pyvista.org/version/stable/

pyproject.toml

@@ -227,3 +227,37 @@ override_SS05 = [  # override SS05 to allow docstrings starting with these words
     # '^Assess ',
     # '^Access ',
 ]
+
+[tool.towncrier]
+package = "ansys.mapdl.core"
+directory = "doc/changelog.d"
+filename = "doc/source/changelog.rst"
+template = "doc/changelog.d/changelog_template.jinja"
+start_string = ".. towncrier release notes start\n"
+title_format = "`{version} <https://github.com/ansys/pymapdl/releases/tag/v{version}>`_ - {project_date}"
+issue_format = "`#{issue} <https://github.com/ansys/pymapdl/pull/{issue}>`_"
+
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "added"
+name = "Added"
+showcontent = true
+
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "changed"
+name = "Changed"
+showcontent = true
+
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "fixed"
+name = "Fixed"
+showcontent = true
+
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "dependencies"
+name = "Dependencies"
+showcontent = true
+
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "miscellaneous"
+name = "Miscellaneous"
+showcontent = true