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Adds CHANGELOG.md entries for CMB2 pull requests, crediting contributors with Props links and linking the PR, following the repo's existing changelog conventions. Takes an explicit PR number/URL, or scans recent commits to find merged PRs not yet credited.

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changelog-credit

Add a CHANGELOG.md entry for a CMB2 pull request, in the repo's house style.

Modes

Two entry points:

  • Explicit PR — the user gives a PR number or URL. Use it directly.
  • Discovery — no PR given (e.g. "log any uncredited PRs", "catch up the changelog"). Scan recent commits for merged PRs not yet in CHANGELOG.md and process each.

Discovery

  1. List recent PR-referencing commits. Most CMB2 merges put (#N) in the subject (squash merges) or Merge pull request #N:

    git log --max-count=40 --pretty='%H%x09%s'

    Extract every #N from the subjects.

  2. Filter to uncredited. For each PR number, check whether it already appears in CHANGELOG.md (the changelog links PRs as pull/N)):

    grep -q "pull/N)" CHANGELOG.md   # if found → already credited, skip

    Keep only PR numbers with no changelog hit.

  3. Confirm the list with the user before writing — show the candidate PRs (number + subject) so they can drop any that shouldn't be logged (reverts, internal noise, already-released-but-unlinked work). Then process each through the per-PR steps below. Skip commits with no PR reference unless the user asks to log a bare commit.

Per-PR steps

  1. Fetch PR metadata — title, body, author login, merge state:

    gh pr view <N> --json title,body,number,mergedAt,author,url

    The author.login is the GitHub handle for the Props link. Read the title and body to write an accurate, user-facing summary (what changed and why it matters), not a verbatim copy of the title.

  2. Read CHANGELOG.md to match current conventions before editing.

House style (match exactly)

  • The top section is ## Unreleased. Add new entries there. Released sections are dated headers like ## [2.12.0 - 2026-05-30](...releases/tag/v2.12.0) — never edit a released section.
  • Entries are grouped under ### Enhancements and ### Bug Fixes (### H3). Pick the right group from the PR's nature. Create the subheading if Unreleased doesn't have it yet. If ## Unreleased holds only a placeholder *, replace the placeholder rather than leaving an empty bullet.
  • Each entry is a single * bullet, past tense, ending with a period:
    • Props the contributor: Props [@login](https://github.com/login). Omit Props only when the author is a core maintainer landing their own routine work and the existing nearby entries also omit it (e.g. internal [Development] lines often have no Props).
    • Link the PR: ([#N](https://github.com/CMB2/CMB2/pull/N)).
    • For tooling/build/CI work, prefix the summary with [Development].
    • When the PR fixes a tracked issue, also link it: Fixes [#M](...issues/M).

Reference template:

* <What changed, user-facing.> Props [@login](https://github.com/login) ([#N](https://github.com/CMB2/CMB2/pull/N)).

Example (from PR #1559):

* Sanitized the `field_id` input (with an `isset()` guard) and escaped the `rel`
  attribute in the oEmbed AJAX handler, addressing a reflected XSS vector flagged
  by WordPress Plugin Check. Props [@thisismyurl](https://github.com/thisismyurl)
  ([#1559](https://github.com/CMB2/CMB2/pull/1559)).

  1. Edit CHANGELOG.md with the new bullet under the correct subheading in ## Unreleased. In discovery mode, add a bullet per uncredited PR (newest last, to match chronological order within a group).

  2. Report the added line(s) back to the user. Do not commit or push unless asked.