- refactor action and move different functionalities in better classes

- merge releaseNotes and releaseNotesBuilder - update testcases to cover new structure
2023-05-26 12:09:48 +00:00
parent 061b8ff198
commit 66470e5f14
8 changed files with 473 additions and 494 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import {ReleaseNotes} from '../src/releaseNotes'
 import {mergeConfiguration, resolveConfiguration} from '../src/utils'
+import {pullData} from '../src/releaseNotesBuilder'
 import {Octokit} from '@octokit/rest'
+import { buildChangelog } from '../src/transform'

 jest.setTimeout(180000)

@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ const octokit = new Octokit({

 it('Should have empty changelog (tags)', async () => {
  const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs/configuration.json'))
-  const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, {
+
+  const data = await pullData(octokit,  {
    owner: 'mikepenz',
    repo: 'release-changelog-builder-action',
    fromTag: {name: 'v0.0.1'},
@@ -25,14 +27,14 @@ it('Should have empty changelog (tags)', async () => {
    configuration
  })

-  const changeLog = await releaseNotes.pull()
+  const changeLog = buildChangelog(data.diffInfo, data.mergedPullRequests, data.options)
  console.log(changeLog)
  expect(changeLog).toStrictEqual('- no changes')
 })

 it('Should match generated changelog (tags)', async () => {
  const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs/configuration.json'))
-  const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, {
+  const data = await pullData(octokit, {
    owner: 'mikepenz',
    repo: 'release-changelog-builder-action',
    fromTag: {name: 'v0.0.1'},
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ it('Should match generated changelog (tags)', async () => {
    configuration
  })

-  const changeLog = await releaseNotes.pull()
+  const changeLog = buildChangelog(data.diffInfo, data.mergedPullRequests, data.options)
  console.log(changeLog)
  expect(changeLog).toStrictEqual(`## 🧪 Tests

@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ it('Should match generated changelog (tags)', async () => {

 it('Should match generated changelog (refs)', async () => {
  const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs_test/configuration_all_placeholders.json'))
-  const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, {
+  const data = await pullData(octokit, {
    owner: 'mikepenz',
    repo: 'release-changelog-builder-action',
    fromTag: {name: '5ec7a2d86fe9f43fdd38d5e254a1117c8a51b4c3'},
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ it('Should match generated changelog (refs)', async () => {
    configuration
  })

-  const changeLog = await releaseNotes.pull()
+  const changeLog = buildChangelog(data.diffInfo, data.mergedPullRequests, data.options)
  console.log(changeLog)
  expect(changeLog).toStrictEqual(`## 🧪 Tests

@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ nhoelzl

 it('Should match generated changelog and replace all occurrences (refs)', async () => {
  const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs_test/configuration_replace_all_placeholders.json'))
-  const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, {
+  const data = await pullData(octokit, {
    owner: 'mikepenz',
    repo: 'release-changelog-builder-action',
    fromTag: {name: '5ec7a2d86fe9f43fdd38d5e254a1117c8a51b4c3'},
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ it('Should match generated changelog and replace all occurrences (refs)', async
    configuration
  })

-  const changeLog = await releaseNotes.pull()
+  const changeLog = buildChangelog(data.diffInfo, data.mergedPullRequests, data.options)
  console.log(changeLog)
  expect(changeLog).toStrictEqual(`## 🧪 Tests

@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ nhoelzl

 it('Should match ordered ASC', async () => {
  const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs_test/configuration_asc.json'))
-  const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, {
+  const data = await pullData(octokit, {
    owner: 'mikepenz',
    repo: 'release-changelog-builder-action',
    fromTag: {name: 'v0.3.0'},
@@ -142,14 +144,14 @@ it('Should match ordered ASC', async () => {
    configuration
  })

-  const changeLog = await releaseNotes.pull()
+  const changeLog = buildChangelog(data.diffInfo, data.mergedPullRequests, data.options)
  console.log(changeLog)
  expect(changeLog).toStrictEqual(`## 🚀 Features\n\n22\n24\n25\n26\n28\n\n## 🐛 Fixes\n\n23\n\n`)
 })

 it('Should match ordered DESC', async () => {
  const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs_test/configuration_desc.json'))
-  const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, {
+  const data = await pullData(octokit, {
    owner: 'mikepenz',
    repo: 'release-changelog-builder-action',
    fromTag: {name: 'v0.3.0'},
@@ -163,14 +165,14 @@ it('Should match ordered DESC', async () => {
    configuration
  })

-  const changeLog = await releaseNotes.pull()
+  const changeLog = buildChangelog(data.diffInfo, data.mergedPullRequests, data.options)
  console.log(changeLog)
  expect(changeLog).toStrictEqual(`## 🚀 Features\n\n28\n26\n25\n24\n22\n\n## 🐛 Fixes\n\n23\n\n`)
 })

 it('Should match ordered by title ASC', async () => {
  const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs_test/configuration_sort_title_asc.json'))
-  const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, {
+  const data = await pullData(octokit, {
    owner: 'mikepenz',
    repo: 'release-changelog-builder-action',
    fromTag: {name: 'v0.3.0'},
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ it('Should match ordered by title ASC', async () => {
    configuration
  })

-  const changeLog = await releaseNotes.pull()
+  const changeLog = buildChangelog(data.diffInfo, data.mergedPullRequests, data.options)
  console.log(changeLog)
  expect(changeLog).toStrictEqual(
    `## 🚀 Features\n\nEnhanced action logs\nImprove README\nImproved configuration failure handling\nImproved defaults if no configuration is provided\nIntroduce additional placeholders [milestone, labels, assignees, reviewers]\n\n## 🐛 Fixes\n\nImproved handling for non existing tags\n\n`
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ it('Should match ordered by title ASC', async () => {

 it('Should match ordered by title DESC', async () => {
  const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs_test/configuration_sort_title_desc.json'))
-  const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, {
+  const data = await pullData(octokit, {
    owner: 'mikepenz',
    repo: 'release-changelog-builder-action',
    fromTag: {name: 'v0.3.0'},
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ it('Should match ordered by title DESC', async () => {
    configuration
  })

-  const changeLog = await releaseNotes.pull()
+  const changeLog = buildChangelog(data.diffInfo, data.mergedPullRequests, data.options)
  console.log(changeLog)
  expect(changeLog).toStrictEqual(
    `## 🚀 Features\n\nIntroduce additional placeholders [milestone, labels, assignees, reviewers]\nImproved defaults if no configuration is provided\nImproved configuration failure handling\nImprove README\nEnhanced action logs\n\n## 🐛 Fixes\n\nImproved handling for non existing tags\n\n`
@@ -216,7 +218,7 @@ it('Should match ordered by title DESC', async () => {

 it('Should ignore PRs not merged into develop branch', async () => {
  const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs_test/configuration_base_branches_develop.json'))
-  const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, {
+  const data = await pullData(octokit, {
    owner: 'mikepenz',
    repo: 'release-changelog-builder-action',
    fromTag: {name: 'v1.3.1'},
@@ -230,14 +232,14 @@ it('Should ignore PRs not merged into develop branch', async () => {
    configuration
  })

-  const changeLog = await releaseNotes.pull()
+  const changeLog = buildChangelog(data.diffInfo, data.mergedPullRequests, data.options)
  console.log(changeLog)
  expect(changeLog).toStrictEqual(`150\n\n`)
 })

 it('Should ignore PRs not merged into main branch', async () => {
  const configuration = mergeConfiguration(undefined, resolveConfiguration('', 'configs_test/configuration_base_branches_main.json'))
-  const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, {
+  const data = await pullData(octokit, {
    owner: 'mikepenz',
    repo: 'release-changelog-builder-action',
    fromTag: {name: 'v1.3.1'},
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ it('Should ignore PRs not merged into main branch', async () => {
    configuration
  })

-  const changeLog = await releaseNotes.pull()
+  const changeLog = buildChangelog(data.diffInfo, data.mergedPullRequests, data.options)
  console.log(changeLog)
  expect(changeLog).toStrictEqual(`153\n\n`)
 })
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 exports.filterCommits = exports.Commits = exports.DefaultDiffInfo = void 0;
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const moment_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(9623));
+const utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(918);
 exports.DefaultDiffInfo = {
    changedFiles: 0,
    additions: 0,
@@ -144,6 +145,59 @@ class Commits {
        });
        return commitsResult;
    }
+    getCommitHistory(options) {
+        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+            const { owner, repo, fromTag, toTag, failOnError } = options;
+            core.info(`ℹ️ Comparing ${owner}/${repo} - '${fromTag.name}...${toTag.name}'`);
+            const commitsApi = new Commits(this.octokit);
+            let diffInfo;
+            try {
+                diffInfo = yield commitsApi.getDiff(owner, repo, fromTag.name, toTag.name);
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                (0, utils_1.failOrError)(`💥 Failed to retrieve - Invalid tag? - Because of: ${error}`, failOnError);
+                return exports.DefaultDiffInfo;
+            }
+            if (diffInfo.commitInfo.length === 0) {
+                core.warning(`⚠️ No commits found between - ${fromTag.name}...${toTag.name}`);
+                return exports.DefaultDiffInfo;
+            }
+            return diffInfo;
+        });
+    }
+    generateCommitPRs(options) {
+        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+            const { owner, repo, configuration } = options;
+            const diffInfo = yield this.getCommitHistory(options);
+            const commits = diffInfo.commitInfo;
+            if (commits.length === 0) {
+                return [diffInfo, []];
+            }
+            const prCommits = filterCommits(commits, configuration.exclude_merge_branches);
+            core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${prCommits.length} commits for ${owner}/${repo}`);
+            const prs = prCommits.map(function (commit) {
+                return {
+                    number: 0,
+                    title: commit.summary,
+                    htmlURL: '',
+                    baseBranch: '',
+                    createdAt: commit.date,
+                    mergedAt: commit.date,
+                    mergeCommitSha: commit.sha,
+                    author: commit.author || '',
+                    repoName: '',
+                    labels: new Set(),
+                    milestone: '',
+                    body: commit.message || '',
+                    assignees: [],
+                    requestedReviewers: [],
+                    approvedReviewers: [],
+                    status: 'merged'
+                };
+            });
+            return [diffInfo, prs];
+        });
+    }
 }
 exports.Commits = Commits;
 /**
@@ -503,6 +557,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 exports.retrieveProperty = exports.compare = exports.sortPullRequests = exports.PullRequests = exports.EMPTY_COMMENT_INFO = void 0;
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const moment_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(9623));
+const commits_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3916);
 exports.EMPTY_COMMENT_INFO = {
    id: 0,
    htmlURL: '',
@@ -512,8 +567,9 @@ exports.EMPTY_COMMENT_INFO = {
    state: undefined
 };
 class PullRequests {
-    constructor(octokit) {
+    constructor(octokit, commits) {
        this.octokit = octokit;
+        this.commits = commits;
    }
    getSingle(owner, repo, prNumber) {
        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
@@ -662,6 +718,87 @@ class PullRequests {
            pr.reviews = prReviews;
        });
    }
+    getMergedPullRequests(options) {
+        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+            const { owner, repo, includeOpen, fetchReviewers, fetchReviews, configuration } = options;
+            const diffInfo = yield this.commits.getCommitHistory(options);
+            const commits = diffInfo.commitInfo;
+            if (commits.length === 0) {
+                return [diffInfo, []];
+            }
+            const firstCommit = commits[0];
+            const lastCommit = commits[commits.length - 1];
+            let fromDate = firstCommit.date;
+            const toDate = lastCommit.date;
+            const maxDays = configuration.max_back_track_time_days;
+            const maxFromDate = toDate.clone().subtract(maxDays, 'days');
+            if (maxFromDate.isAfter(fromDate)) {
+                core.info(`⚠️ Adjusted 'fromDate' to go max ${maxDays} back`);
+                fromDate = maxFromDate;
+            }
+            core.info(`ℹ️ Fetching PRs between dates ${fromDate.toISOString()} to ${toDate.toISOString()} for ${owner}/${repo}`);
+            const pullRequests = yield this.getBetweenDates(owner, repo, fromDate, toDate, configuration.max_pull_requests);
+            core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${pullRequests.length} PRs for ${owner}/${repo} in date range from API`);
+            const prCommits = (0, commits_1.filterCommits)(commits, configuration.exclude_merge_branches);
+            core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${prCommits.length} release commits for ${owner}/${repo}`);
+            // create array of commits for this release
+            const releaseCommitHashes = prCommits.map(commmit => {
+                return commmit.sha;
+            });
+            // filter out pull requests not associated with this release
+            const mergedPullRequests = pullRequests.filter(pr => {
+                return releaseCommitHashes.includes(pr.mergeCommitSha);
+            });
+            core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${mergedPullRequests.length} merged PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`);
+            let allPullRequests = mergedPullRequests;
+            if (includeOpen) {
+                // retrieve all open pull requests
+                const openPullRequests = yield this.getOpen(owner, repo, configuration.max_pull_requests);
+                core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${openPullRequests.length} open PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`);
+                // all pull requests
+                allPullRequests = allPullRequests.concat(openPullRequests);
+                core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${allPullRequests.length} total PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`);
+            }
+            // retrieve base branches we allow
+            const baseBranches = configuration.base_branches;
+            const baseBranchPatterns = baseBranches.map(baseBranch => {
+                return new RegExp(baseBranch.replace('\\\\', '\\'), 'gu');
+            });
+            // return only prs if the baseBranch is matching the configuration
+            const finalPrs = allPullRequests.filter(pr => {
+                if (baseBranches.length !== 0) {
+                    return baseBranchPatterns.some(pattern => {
+                        return pr.baseBranch.match(pattern) !== null;
+                    });
+                }
+                return true;
+            });
+            if (baseBranches.length !== 0) {
+                core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${finalPrs.length} PRs for ${owner}/${repo} filtered by the 'base_branches' configuration.`);
+            }
+            // fetch reviewers only if enabled (requires an additional API request per PR)
+            if (fetchReviews || fetchReviewers) {
+                core.info(`ℹ️ Fetching reviews (or reviewers) was enabled`);
+                // update PR information with reviewers who approved
+                for (const pr of finalPrs) {
+                    yield this.getReviews(owner, repo, pr);
+                    const reviews = pr.reviews;
+                    if (reviews && ((reviews === null || reviews === void 0 ? void 0 : reviews.length) || 0) > 0) {
+                        core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${reviews.length || 0} review(s) for PR ${owner}/${repo}/#${pr.number}`);
+                        // backwards compatiblity
+                        pr.approvedReviewers = reviews.filter(r => r.state === 'APPROVED').map(r => r.author);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        core.debug(`No reviewer(s) for PR ${owner}/${repo}/#${pr.number}`);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                core.debug(`ℹ️ Fetching reviews (or reviewers) was disabled`);
+            }
+            return [diffInfo, finalPrs];
+        });
+    }
 }
 exports.PullRequests = PullRequests;
 function sortPrs(pullRequests) {
@@ -900,236 +1037,6 @@ function buildRegex(regex, target, onProperty, method, onEmpty) {
 exports.buildRegex = buildRegex;


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-const pullRequests_1 = __nccwpck_require__(4217);
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-const utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(918);
-class ReleaseNotes {
-    constructor(octokit, options) {
-        this.octokit = octokit;
-        this.options = options;
-    }
-    pull() {
-        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-            let mergedPullRequests;
-            let diffInfo;
-            if (!this.options.commitMode) {
-                core.startGroup(`🚀 Load pull requests`);
-                const [info, prs] = yield this.getMergedPullRequests(this.octokit);
-                mergedPullRequests = prs;
-                diffInfo = info;
-                // define the included PRs within this release as output
-                core.setOutput('pull_requests', mergedPullRequests
-                    .map(pr => {
-                    return pr.number;
-                })
-                    .join(','));
-                core.endGroup();
-            }
-            else {
-                core.startGroup(`🚀 Load commit history`);
-                core.info(`⚠️ Executing experimental commit mode`);
-                const [info, prs] = yield this.generateCommitPRs(this.octokit);
-                mergedPullRequests = prs;
-                diffInfo = info;
-                core.endGroup();
-            }
-            core.setOutput('changed_files', diffInfo.changedFiles);
-            core.setOutput('additions', diffInfo.additions);
-            core.setOutput('deletions', diffInfo.deletions);
-            core.setOutput('changes', diffInfo.changes);
-            core.setOutput('commits', diffInfo.commits);
-            if (mergedPullRequests.length === 0) {
-                core.warning(`⚠️ No pull requests found`);
-                return (0, transform_1.replaceEmptyTemplate)(this.options.configuration.empty_template, this.options);
-            }
-            core.startGroup('📦 Build changelog');
-            const resultChangelog = (0, transform_1.buildChangelog)(diffInfo, mergedPullRequests, this.options);
-            core.endGroup();
-            return resultChangelog;
-        });
-    }
-    getCommitHistory(octokit) {
-        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-            const { owner, repo, fromTag, toTag, failOnError } = this.options;
-            core.info(`ℹ️ Comparing ${owner}/${repo} - '${fromTag.name}...${toTag.name}'`);
-            const commitsApi = new commits_1.Commits(octokit);
-            let diffInfo;
-            try {
-                diffInfo = yield commitsApi.getDiff(owner, repo, fromTag.name, toTag.name);
-            }
-            catch (error) {
-                (0, utils_1.failOrError)(`💥 Failed to retrieve - Invalid tag? - Because of: ${error}`, failOnError);
-                return commits_1.DefaultDiffInfo;
-            }
-            if (diffInfo.commitInfo.length === 0) {
-                core.warning(`⚠️ No commits found between - ${fromTag.name}...${toTag.name}`);
-                return commits_1.DefaultDiffInfo;
-            }
-            return diffInfo;
-        });
-    }
-    getMergedPullRequests(octokit) {
-        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-            const { owner, repo, includeOpen, fetchReviewers, fetchReviews, configuration } = this.options;
-            const diffInfo = yield this.getCommitHistory(octokit);
-            const commits = diffInfo.commitInfo;
-            if (commits.length === 0) {
-                return [diffInfo, []];
-            }
-            const firstCommit = commits[0];
-            const lastCommit = commits[commits.length - 1];
-            let fromDate = firstCommit.date;
-            const toDate = lastCommit.date;
-            const maxDays = configuration.max_back_track_time_days;
-            const maxFromDate = toDate.clone().subtract(maxDays, 'days');
-            if (maxFromDate.isAfter(fromDate)) {
-                core.info(`⚠️ Adjusted 'fromDate' to go max ${maxDays} back`);
-                fromDate = maxFromDate;
-            }
-            core.info(`ℹ️ Fetching PRs between dates ${fromDate.toISOString()} to ${toDate.toISOString()} for ${owner}/${repo}`);
-            const pullRequestsApi = new pullRequests_1.PullRequests(octokit);
-            const pullRequests = yield pullRequestsApi.getBetweenDates(owner, repo, fromDate, toDate, configuration.max_pull_requests);
-            core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${pullRequests.length} PRs for ${owner}/${repo} in date range from API`);
-            const prCommits = (0, commits_1.filterCommits)(commits, configuration.exclude_merge_branches);
-            core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${prCommits.length} release commits for ${owner}/${repo}`);
-            // create array of commits for this release
-            const releaseCommitHashes = prCommits.map(commmit => {
-                return commmit.sha;
-            });
-            // filter out pull requests not associated with this release
-            const mergedPullRequests = pullRequests.filter(pr => {
-                return releaseCommitHashes.includes(pr.mergeCommitSha);
-            });
-            core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${mergedPullRequests.length} merged PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`);
-            let allPullRequests = mergedPullRequests;
-            if (includeOpen) {
-                // retrieve all open pull requests
-                const openPullRequests = yield pullRequestsApi.getOpen(owner, repo, configuration.max_pull_requests);
-                core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${openPullRequests.length} open PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`);
-                // all pull requests
-                allPullRequests = allPullRequests.concat(openPullRequests);
-                core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${allPullRequests.length} total PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`);
-            }
-            // retrieve base branches we allow
-            const baseBranches = configuration.base_branches;
-            const baseBranchPatterns = baseBranches.map(baseBranch => {
-                return new RegExp(baseBranch.replace('\\\\', '\\'), 'gu');
-            });
-            // return only prs if the baseBranch is matching the configuration
-            const finalPrs = allPullRequests.filter(pr => {
-                if (baseBranches.length !== 0) {
-                    return baseBranchPatterns.some(pattern => {
-                        return pr.baseBranch.match(pattern) !== null;
-                    });
-                }
-                return true;
-            });
-            if (baseBranches.length !== 0) {
-                core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${finalPrs.length} PRs for ${owner}/${repo} filtered by the 'base_branches' configuration.`);
-            }
-            // fetch reviewers only if enabled (requires an additional API request per PR)
-            if (fetchReviews || fetchReviewers) {
-                core.info(`ℹ️ Fetching reviews (or reviewers) was enabled`);
-                // update PR information with reviewers who approved
-                for (const pr of finalPrs) {
-                    yield pullRequestsApi.getReviews(owner, repo, pr);
-                    const reviews = pr.reviews;
-                    if (reviews && ((reviews === null || reviews === void 0 ? void 0 : reviews.length) || 0) > 0) {
-                        core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${reviews.length || 0} review(s) for PR ${owner}/${repo}/#${pr.number}`);
-                        // backwards compatiblity
-                        pr.approvedReviewers = reviews.filter(r => r.state === 'APPROVED').map(r => r.author);
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        core.debug(`No reviewer(s) for PR ${owner}/${repo}/#${pr.number}`);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            else {
-                core.debug(`ℹ️ Fetching reviews (or reviewers) was disabled`);
-            }
-            return [diffInfo, finalPrs];
-        });
-    }
-    generateCommitPRs(octokit) {
-        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-            const { owner, repo, configuration } = this.options;
-            const diffInfo = yield this.getCommitHistory(octokit);
-            const commits = diffInfo.commitInfo;
-            if (commits.length === 0) {
-                return [diffInfo, []];
-            }
-            const prCommits = (0, commits_1.filterCommits)(commits, configuration.exclude_merge_branches);
-            core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${prCommits.length} commits for ${owner}/${repo}`);
-            const prs = prCommits.map(function (commit) {
-                return {
-                    number: 0,
-                    title: commit.summary,
-                    htmlURL: '',
-                    baseBranch: '',
-                    createdAt: commit.date,
-                    mergedAt: commit.date,
-                    mergeCommitSha: commit.sha,
-                    author: commit.author || '',
-                    repoName: '',
-                    labels: new Set(),
-                    milestone: '',
-                    body: commit.message || '',
-                    assignees: [],
-                    requestedReviewers: [],
-                    approvedReviewers: [],
-                    status: 'merged'
-                };
-            });
-            return [diffInfo, prs];
-        });
-    }
-}
-exports.ReleaseNotes = ReleaseNotes;
-
-
 /***/ }),

 /***/ 4883:
@@ -1170,13 +1077,15 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, ge
    });
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.ReleaseNotesBuilder = void 0;
+exports.pullData = exports.ReleaseNotesBuilder = void 0;
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const rest_1 = __nccwpck_require__(5375);
-const releaseNotes_1 = __nccwpck_require__(5882);
 const tags_1 = __nccwpck_require__(7532);
 const utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(918);
 const https_proxy_agent_1 = __nccwpck_require__(7219);
+const pullRequests_1 = __nccwpck_require__(4217);
+const commits_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3916);
+const transform_1 = __nccwpck_require__(1644);
 class ReleaseNotesBuilder {
    constructor(baseUrl, token, repositoryPath, owner, repo, fromTag, toTag, includeOpen = false, failOnError, ignorePreReleases, fetchReviewers = false, fetchReleaseInformation = false, fetchReviews = false, commitMode, configuration) {
        this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
@@ -1278,12 +1187,58 @@ class ReleaseNotesBuilder {
                commitMode: this.commitMode,
                configuration: this.configuration
            };
-            const releaseNotes = new releaseNotes_1.ReleaseNotes(octokit, options);
-            return yield releaseNotes.pull();
+            const releaseNotesData = yield pullData(octokit, options);
+            return (0, transform_1.buildChangelog)(releaseNotesData.diffInfo, releaseNotesData.mergedPullRequests, releaseNotesData.options);
        });
    }
 }
 exports.ReleaseNotesBuilder = ReleaseNotesBuilder;
+function pullData(octokit, options) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        let mergedPullRequests;
+        let diffInfo;
+        const commitsApi = new commits_1.Commits(octokit);
+        if (!options.commitMode) {
+            core.startGroup(`🚀 Load pull requests`);
+            const pullRequestsApi = new pullRequests_1.PullRequests(octokit, commitsApi);
+            const [info, prs] = yield pullRequestsApi.getMergedPullRequests(options);
+            mergedPullRequests = prs;
+            diffInfo = info;
+        }
+        else {
+            core.startGroup(`🚀 Load commit history`);
+            core.info(`⚠️ Executing experimental commit mode`);
+            const [info, prs] = yield commitsApi.generateCommitPRs(options);
+            mergedPullRequests = prs;
+            diffInfo = info;
+        }
+        // define the included PRs within this release as output
+        core.setOutput('pull_requests', mergedPullRequests
+            .map(pr => {
+            return pr.number;
+        })
+            .join(','));
+        core.setOutput('changed_files', diffInfo.changedFiles);
+        core.setOutput('additions', diffInfo.additions);
+        core.setOutput('deletions', diffInfo.deletions);
+        core.setOutput('changes', diffInfo.changes);
+        core.setOutput('commits', diffInfo.commits);
+        const collectAndExport = true;
+        if (collectAndExport) {
+            core.info('📦 Exporting collected data');
+            core.exportVariable('_diffInfo', JSON.stringify(diffInfo));
+            core.exportVariable('_mergedPullRequests', JSON.stringify(mergedPullRequests));
+            core.exportVariable('_options', JSON.stringify(options));
+        }
+        core.endGroup();
+        return {
+            diffInfo,
+            mergedPullRequests,
+            options
+        };
+    });
+}
+exports.pullData = pullData;


 /***/ }),
@@ -1687,6 +1642,13 @@ const utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(918);
 const regexUtils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(2364);
 const EMPTY_MAP = new Map();
 function buildChangelog(diffInfo, prs, options) {
+    core.startGroup('📦 Build changelog');
+    if (prs.length === 0) {
+        core.warning(`⚠️ No pull requests found`);
+        const result = replaceEmptyTemplate(options.configuration.empty_template, options);
+        core.endGroup();
+        return result;
+    }
    // sort to target order
    const config = options.configuration;
    const sort = config.sort;
@@ -1916,6 +1878,7 @@ function buildChangelog(diffInfo, prs, options) {
    transformedChangelog = replacePrPlaceholders(transformedChangelog, placeholderPrMap, config);
    transformedChangelog = cleanupPrPlaceholders(transformedChangelog, placeholders);
    core.info(`ℹ️ Filled template`);
+    core.endGroup();
    return transformedChangelog;
 }
 exports.buildChangelog = buildChangelog;
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import {Octokit, RestEndpointMethodTypes} from '@octokit/rest'
 import moment from 'moment'
+import {failOrError} from './utils'
+import {ReleaseNotesOptions} from './releaseNotesBuilder'
+import {PullRequestInfo} from './pullRequests'

 export interface DiffInfo {
  changedFiles: number
@@ -117,6 +120,62 @@ export class Commits {

    return commitsResult
  }
+
+  async getCommitHistory(options: ReleaseNotesOptions): Promise<DiffInfo> {
+    const {owner, repo, fromTag, toTag, failOnError} = options
+    core.info(`ℹ️ Comparing ${owner}/${repo} - '${fromTag.name}...${toTag.name}'`)
+
+    const commitsApi = new Commits(this.octokit)
+    let diffInfo: DiffInfo
+    try {
+      diffInfo = await commitsApi.getDiff(owner, repo, fromTag.name, toTag.name)
+    } catch (error) {
+      failOrError(`💥 Failed to retrieve - Invalid tag? - Because of: ${error}`, failOnError)
+      return DefaultDiffInfo
+    }
+    if (diffInfo.commitInfo.length === 0) {
+      core.warning(`⚠️ No commits found between - ${fromTag.name}...${toTag.name}`)
+      return DefaultDiffInfo
+    }
+
+    return diffInfo
+  }
+
+  async generateCommitPRs(options: ReleaseNotesOptions): Promise<[DiffInfo, PullRequestInfo[]]> {
+    const {owner, repo, configuration} = options
+
+    const diffInfo = await this.getCommitHistory(options)
+    const commits = diffInfo.commitInfo
+    if (commits.length === 0) {
+      return [diffInfo, []]
+    }
+
+    const prCommits = filterCommits(commits, configuration.exclude_merge_branches)
+
+    core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${prCommits.length} commits for ${owner}/${repo}`)
+
+    const prs = prCommits.map(function (commit): PullRequestInfo {
+      return {
+        number: 0,
+        title: commit.summary,
+        htmlURL: '',
+        baseBranch: '',
+        createdAt: commit.date,
+        mergedAt: commit.date,
+        mergeCommitSha: commit.sha,
+        author: commit.author || '',
+        repoName: '',
+        labels: new Set(),
+        milestone: '',
+        body: commit.message || '',
+        assignees: [],
+        requestedReviewers: [],
+        approvedReviewers: [],
+        status: 'merged'
+      }
+    })
+    return [diffInfo, prs]
+  }
 }

 /**
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import {Octokit, RestEndpointMethodTypes} from '@octokit/rest'
 import {Unpacked} from './utils'
 import moment from 'moment'
 import {Property, Sort} from './configuration'
+import {Commits, DiffInfo, filterCommits} from './commits'
+import {ReleaseNotesOptions} from './releaseNotesBuilder'

 export interface PullRequestInfo {
  number: number
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ type PullsListData = RestEndpointMethodTypes['pulls']['list']['response']['data'
 type PullReviewsData = RestEndpointMethodTypes['pulls']['listReviews']['response']['data']

 export class PullRequests {
-  constructor(private octokit: Octokit) {}
+  constructor(private octokit: Octokit, private commits: Commits) {}

  async getSingle(owner: string, repo: string, prNumber: number): Promise<PullRequestInfo | null> {
    try {
@@ -159,6 +161,106 @@ export class PullRequests {
    }
    pr.reviews = prReviews
  }
+
+  async getMergedPullRequests(options: ReleaseNotesOptions): Promise<[DiffInfo, PullRequestInfo[]]> {
+    const {owner, repo, includeOpen, fetchReviewers, fetchReviews, configuration} = options
+
+    const diffInfo = await this.commits.getCommitHistory(options)
+    const commits = diffInfo.commitInfo
+    if (commits.length === 0) {
+      return [diffInfo, []]
+    }
+
+    const firstCommit = commits[0]
+    const lastCommit = commits[commits.length - 1]
+    let fromDate = firstCommit.date
+    const toDate = lastCommit.date
+
+    const maxDays = configuration.max_back_track_time_days
+    const maxFromDate = toDate.clone().subtract(maxDays, 'days')
+    if (maxFromDate.isAfter(fromDate)) {
+      core.info(`⚠️ Adjusted 'fromDate' to go max ${maxDays} back`)
+      fromDate = maxFromDate
+    }
+
+    core.info(`ℹ️ Fetching PRs between dates ${fromDate.toISOString()} to ${toDate.toISOString()} for ${owner}/${repo}`)
+
+    const pullRequests = await this.getBetweenDates(owner, repo, fromDate, toDate, configuration.max_pull_requests)
+
+    core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${pullRequests.length} PRs for ${owner}/${repo} in date range from API`)
+
+    const prCommits = filterCommits(commits, configuration.exclude_merge_branches)
+
+    core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${prCommits.length} release commits for ${owner}/${repo}`)
+
+    // create array of commits for this release
+    const releaseCommitHashes = prCommits.map(commmit => {
+      return commmit.sha
+    })
+
+    // filter out pull requests not associated with this release
+    const mergedPullRequests = pullRequests.filter(pr => {
+      return releaseCommitHashes.includes(pr.mergeCommitSha)
+    })
+
+    core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${mergedPullRequests.length} merged PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`)
+
+    let allPullRequests = mergedPullRequests
+    if (includeOpen) {
+      // retrieve all open pull requests
+      const openPullRequests = await this.getOpen(owner, repo, configuration.max_pull_requests)
+
+      core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${openPullRequests.length} open PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`)
+
+      // all pull requests
+      allPullRequests = allPullRequests.concat(openPullRequests)
+
+      core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${allPullRequests.length} total PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`)
+    }
+
+    // retrieve base branches we allow
+    const baseBranches = configuration.base_branches
+    const baseBranchPatterns = baseBranches.map(baseBranch => {
+      return new RegExp(baseBranch.replace('\\\\', '\\'), 'gu')
+    })
+
+    // return only prs if the baseBranch is matching the configuration
+    const finalPrs = allPullRequests.filter(pr => {
+      if (baseBranches.length !== 0) {
+        return baseBranchPatterns.some(pattern => {
+          return pr.baseBranch.match(pattern) !== null
+        })
+      }
+      return true
+    })
+
+    if (baseBranches.length !== 0) {
+      core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${finalPrs.length} PRs for ${owner}/${repo} filtered by the 'base_branches' configuration.`)
+    }
+
+    // fetch reviewers only if enabled (requires an additional API request per PR)
+    if (fetchReviews || fetchReviewers) {
+      core.info(`ℹ️ Fetching reviews (or reviewers) was enabled`)
+      // update PR information with reviewers who approved
+      for (const pr of finalPrs) {
+        await this.getReviews(owner, repo, pr)
+
+        const reviews = pr.reviews
+        if (reviews && (reviews?.length || 0) > 0) {
+          core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${reviews.length || 0} review(s) for PR ${owner}/${repo}/#${pr.number}`)
+
+          // backwards compatiblity
+          pr.approvedReviewers = reviews.filter(r => r.state === 'APPROVED').map(r => r.author)
+        } else {
+          core.debug(`No reviewer(s) for PR ${owner}/${repo}/#${pr.number}`)
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      core.debug(`ℹ️ Fetching reviews (or reviewers) was disabled`)
+    }
+
+    return [diffInfo, finalPrs]
+  }
 }

 function sortPrs(pullRequests: PullRequestInfo[]): PullRequestInfo[] {
@@ -1,230 +0,0 @@
-import * as core from '@actions/core'
-import {Commits, filterCommits, DiffInfo, DefaultDiffInfo} from './commits'
-import {Configuration} from './configuration'
-import {PullRequestInfo, PullRequests} from './pullRequests'
-import {Octokit} from '@octokit/rest'
-import {buildChangelog, replaceEmptyTemplate} from './transform'
-import {failOrError} from './utils'
-import {TagInfo} from './tags'
-
-export interface ReleaseNotesOptions {
-  owner: string // the owner of the repository
-  repo: string // the repository
-  fromTag: TagInfo // the tag/ref to start from
-  toTag: TagInfo // the tag/ref up to
-  includeOpen: boolean // defines if we should also fetch open pull requests
-  failOnError: boolean // defines if we should fail the action in case of an error
-  fetchReviewers: boolean // defines if the action should fetch the reviewers for PRs - approved reviewers are not included in the default PR listing
-  fetchReleaseInformation: boolean // defines if the action should fetch the release information for the from and to tag - e.g. the creation date for the associated release
-  fetchReviews: boolean // defines if the action should fetch the reviews for the PR.
-  commitMode: boolean // defines if we use the alternative commit based mode. note: this is only partially supported
-  configuration: Configuration // the configuration as defined in `configuration.ts`
-}
-
-export class ReleaseNotes {
-  constructor(private octokit: Octokit, private options: ReleaseNotesOptions) {}
-
-  async pull(): Promise<string> {
-    let mergedPullRequests: PullRequestInfo[]
-    let diffInfo: DiffInfo
-    if (!this.options.commitMode) {
-      core.startGroup(`🚀 Load pull requests`)
-
-      const [info, prs] = await this.getMergedPullRequests(this.octokit)
-      mergedPullRequests = prs
-      diffInfo = info
-
-      // define the included PRs within this release as output
-      core.setOutput(
-        'pull_requests',
-        mergedPullRequests
-          .map(pr => {
-            return pr.number
-          })
-          .join(',')
-      )
-
-      core.endGroup()
-    } else {
-      core.startGroup(`🚀 Load commit history`)
-      core.info(`⚠️ Executing experimental commit mode`)
-      const [info, prs] = await this.generateCommitPRs(this.octokit)
-      mergedPullRequests = prs
-      diffInfo = info
-      core.endGroup()
-    }
-
-    core.setOutput('changed_files', diffInfo.changedFiles)
-    core.setOutput('additions', diffInfo.additions)
-    core.setOutput('deletions', diffInfo.deletions)
-    core.setOutput('changes', diffInfo.changes)
-    core.setOutput('commits', diffInfo.commits)
-
-    if (mergedPullRequests.length === 0) {
-      core.warning(`⚠️ No pull requests found`)
-      return replaceEmptyTemplate(this.options.configuration.empty_template, this.options)
-    }
-
-    core.startGroup('📦 Build changelog')
-    const resultChangelog = buildChangelog(diffInfo, mergedPullRequests, this.options)
-    core.endGroup()
-    return resultChangelog
-  }
-
-  private async getCommitHistory(octokit: Octokit): Promise<DiffInfo> {
-    const {owner, repo, fromTag, toTag, failOnError} = this.options
-    core.info(`ℹ️ Comparing ${owner}/${repo} - '${fromTag.name}...${toTag.name}'`)
-
-    const commitsApi = new Commits(octokit)
-    let diffInfo: DiffInfo
-    try {
-      diffInfo = await commitsApi.getDiff(owner, repo, fromTag.name, toTag.name)
-    } catch (error) {
-      failOrError(`💥 Failed to retrieve - Invalid tag? - Because of: ${error}`, failOnError)
-      return DefaultDiffInfo
-    }
-    if (diffInfo.commitInfo.length === 0) {
-      core.warning(`⚠️ No commits found between - ${fromTag.name}...${toTag.name}`)
-      return DefaultDiffInfo
-    }
-
-    return diffInfo
-  }
-
-  private async getMergedPullRequests(octokit: Octokit): Promise<[DiffInfo, PullRequestInfo[]]> {
-    const {owner, repo, includeOpen, fetchReviewers, fetchReviews, configuration} = this.options
-
-    const diffInfo = await this.getCommitHistory(octokit)
-    const commits = diffInfo.commitInfo
-    if (commits.length === 0) {
-      return [diffInfo, []]
-    }
-
-    const firstCommit = commits[0]
-    const lastCommit = commits[commits.length - 1]
-    let fromDate = firstCommit.date
-    const toDate = lastCommit.date
-
-    const maxDays = configuration.max_back_track_time_days
-    const maxFromDate = toDate.clone().subtract(maxDays, 'days')
-    if (maxFromDate.isAfter(fromDate)) {
-      core.info(`⚠️ Adjusted 'fromDate' to go max ${maxDays} back`)
-      fromDate = maxFromDate
-    }
-
-    core.info(`ℹ️ Fetching PRs between dates ${fromDate.toISOString()} to ${toDate.toISOString()} for ${owner}/${repo}`)
-
-    const pullRequestsApi = new PullRequests(octokit)
-    const pullRequests = await pullRequestsApi.getBetweenDates(owner, repo, fromDate, toDate, configuration.max_pull_requests)
-
-    core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${pullRequests.length} PRs for ${owner}/${repo} in date range from API`)
-
-    const prCommits = filterCommits(commits, configuration.exclude_merge_branches)
-
-    core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${prCommits.length} release commits for ${owner}/${repo}`)
-
-    // create array of commits for this release
-    const releaseCommitHashes = prCommits.map(commmit => {
-      return commmit.sha
-    })
-
-    // filter out pull requests not associated with this release
-    const mergedPullRequests = pullRequests.filter(pr => {
-      return releaseCommitHashes.includes(pr.mergeCommitSha)
-    })
-
-    core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${mergedPullRequests.length} merged PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`)
-
-    let allPullRequests = mergedPullRequests
-    if (includeOpen) {
-      // retrieve all open pull requests
-      const openPullRequests = await pullRequestsApi.getOpen(owner, repo, configuration.max_pull_requests)
-
-      core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${openPullRequests.length} open PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`)
-
-      // all pull requests
-      allPullRequests = allPullRequests.concat(openPullRequests)
-
-      core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${allPullRequests.length} total PRs for ${owner}/${repo}`)
-    }
-
-    // retrieve base branches we allow
-    const baseBranches = configuration.base_branches
-    const baseBranchPatterns = baseBranches.map(baseBranch => {
-      return new RegExp(baseBranch.replace('\\\\', '\\'), 'gu')
-    })
-
-    // return only prs if the baseBranch is matching the configuration
-    const finalPrs = allPullRequests.filter(pr => {
-      if (baseBranches.length !== 0) {
-        return baseBranchPatterns.some(pattern => {
-          return pr.baseBranch.match(pattern) !== null
-        })
-      }
-      return true
-    })
-
-    if (baseBranches.length !== 0) {
-      core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${finalPrs.length} PRs for ${owner}/${repo} filtered by the 'base_branches' configuration.`)
-    }
-
-    // fetch reviewers only if enabled (requires an additional API request per PR)
-    if (fetchReviews || fetchReviewers) {
-      core.info(`ℹ️ Fetching reviews (or reviewers) was enabled`)
-      // update PR information with reviewers who approved
-      for (const pr of finalPrs) {
-        await pullRequestsApi.getReviews(owner, repo, pr)
-
-        const reviews = pr.reviews
-        if (reviews && (reviews?.length || 0) > 0) {
-          core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${reviews.length || 0} review(s) for PR ${owner}/${repo}/#${pr.number}`)
-
-          // backwards compatiblity
-          pr.approvedReviewers = reviews.filter(r => r.state === 'APPROVED').map(r => r.author)
-        } else {
-          core.debug(`No reviewer(s) for PR ${owner}/${repo}/#${pr.number}`)
-        }
-      }
-    } else {
-      core.debug(`ℹ️ Fetching reviews (or reviewers) was disabled`)
-    }
-
-    return [diffInfo, finalPrs]
-  }
-
-  private async generateCommitPRs(octokit: Octokit): Promise<[DiffInfo, PullRequestInfo[]]> {
-    const {owner, repo, configuration} = this.options
-
-    const diffInfo = await this.getCommitHistory(octokit)
-    const commits = diffInfo.commitInfo
-    if (commits.length === 0) {
-      return [diffInfo, []]
-    }
-
-    const prCommits = filterCommits(commits, configuration.exclude_merge_branches)
-
-    core.info(`ℹ️ Retrieved ${prCommits.length} commits for ${owner}/${repo}`)
-
-    const prs = prCommits.map(function (commit): PullRequestInfo {
-      return {
-        number: 0,
-        title: commit.summary,
-        htmlURL: '',
-        baseBranch: '',
-        createdAt: commit.date,
-        mergedAt: commit.date,
-        mergeCommitSha: commit.sha,
-        author: commit.author || '',
-        repoName: '',
-        labels: new Set(),
-        milestone: '',
-        body: commit.message || '',
-        assignees: [],
-        requestedReviewers: [],
-        approvedReviewers: [],
-        status: 'merged'
-      }
-    })
-    return [diffInfo, prs]
-  }
-}
@@ -1,10 +1,32 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import {Configuration} from './configuration'
 import {Octokit} from '@octokit/rest'
-import {ReleaseNotes} from './releaseNotes'
-import {Tags} from './tags'
+import {TagInfo, Tags} from './tags'
 import {failOrError} from './utils'
 import {HttpsProxyAgent} from 'https-proxy-agent'
+import {PullRequestInfo, PullRequests} from './pullRequests'
+import {Commits, DiffInfo} from './commits'
+import {buildChangelog} from './transform'
+
+export interface ReleaseNotesOptions {
+  owner: string // the owner of the repository
+  repo: string // the repository
+  fromTag: TagInfo // the tag/ref to start from
+  toTag: TagInfo // the tag/ref up to
+  includeOpen: boolean // defines if we should also fetch open pull requests
+  failOnError: boolean // defines if we should fail the action in case of an error
+  fetchReviewers: boolean // defines if the action should fetch the reviewers for PRs - approved reviewers are not included in the default PR listing
+  fetchReleaseInformation: boolean // defines if the action should fetch the release information for the from and to tag - e.g. the creation date for the associated release
+  fetchReviews: boolean // defines if the action should fetch the reviews for the PR.
+  commitMode: boolean // defines if we use the alternative commit based mode. note: this is only partially supported
+  configuration: Configuration // the configuration as defined in `configuration.ts`
+}
+
+export interface ReleaseNotesData {
+  diffInfo: DiffInfo
+  mergedPullRequests: PullRequestInfo[]
+  options: ReleaseNotesOptions
+}

 export class ReleaseNotesBuilder {
  constructor(
@@ -122,8 +144,59 @@ export class ReleaseNotesBuilder {
      commitMode: this.commitMode,
      configuration: this.configuration
    }
-    const releaseNotes = new ReleaseNotes(octokit, options)

-    return await releaseNotes.pull()
+    const releaseNotesData = await pullData(octokit, options)
+    return buildChangelog(releaseNotesData.diffInfo, releaseNotesData.mergedPullRequests, releaseNotesData.options)
+  }
+}
+
+export async function pullData(octokit: Octokit, options: ReleaseNotesOptions): Promise<ReleaseNotesData> {
+  let mergedPullRequests: PullRequestInfo[]
+  let diffInfo: DiffInfo
+
+  const commitsApi = new Commits(octokit)
+  if (!options.commitMode) {
+    core.startGroup(`🚀 Load pull requests`)
+    const pullRequestsApi = new PullRequests(octokit, commitsApi)
+    const [info, prs] = await pullRequestsApi.getMergedPullRequests(options)
+    mergedPullRequests = prs
+    diffInfo = info
+  } else {
+    core.startGroup(`🚀 Load commit history`)
+    core.info(`⚠️ Executing experimental commit mode`)
+    const [info, prs] = await commitsApi.generateCommitPRs(options)
+    mergedPullRequests = prs
+    diffInfo = info
+  }
+
+  // define the included PRs within this release as output
+  core.setOutput(
+    'pull_requests',
+    mergedPullRequests
+      .map(pr => {
+        return pr.number
+      })
+      .join(',')
+  )
+  core.setOutput('changed_files', diffInfo.changedFiles)
+  core.setOutput('additions', diffInfo.additions)
+  core.setOutput('deletions', diffInfo.deletions)
+  core.setOutput('changes', diffInfo.changes)
+  core.setOutput('commits', diffInfo.commits)
+
+  const collectAndExport = true
+  if (collectAndExport) {
+    core.info('📦 Exporting collected data')
+    core.exportVariable('_diffInfo', JSON.stringify(diffInfo))
+    core.exportVariable('_mergedPullRequests', JSON.stringify(mergedPullRequests))
+    core.exportVariable('_options', JSON.stringify(options))
+  }
+
+  core.endGroup()
+
+  return {
+    diffInfo,
+    mergedPullRequests,
+    options
  }
 }
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import {Category, Configuration, Placeholder, Property, Transformer} from './configuration'
 import {CommentInfo, EMPTY_COMMENT_INFO, PullRequestInfo, retrieveProperty, sortPullRequests} from './pullRequests'
-import {ReleaseNotesOptions} from './releaseNotes'
+import {ReleaseNotesOptions} from './releaseNotesBuilder'
 import {DiffInfo} from './commits'
 import {createOrSet, haveCommonElements, haveEveryElements} from './utils'
 import {matchesRules, RegexTransformer, validateTransformer} from './regexUtils'
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ import {matchesRules, RegexTransformer, validateTransformer} from './regexUtils'
 const EMPTY_MAP = new Map<string, string>()

 export function buildChangelog(diffInfo: DiffInfo, prs: PullRequestInfo[], options: ReleaseNotesOptions): string {
+  core.startGroup('📦 Build changelog')
+  if (prs.length === 0) {
+    core.warning(`⚠️ No pull requests found`)
+    const result = replaceEmptyTemplate(options.configuration.empty_template, options)
+    core.endGroup()
+    return result
+  }
+
  // sort to target order
  const config = options.configuration
  const sort = config.sort
@@ -181,7 +189,8 @@ export function buildChangelog(diffInfo: DiffInfo, prs: PullRequestInfo[], optio

  // serialize and provide the categorized content as json
  const transformedCategorized = Array.from(categorized).reduce(
-    (obj, [key, value]) => Object.assign(obj, {[key.key || key.title]: value}), {}
+    (obj, [key, value]) => Object.assign(obj, {[key.key || key.title]: value}),
+    {}
  )
  core.setOutput('categorized', JSON.stringify(transformedCategorized))

@@ -273,6 +282,7 @@ export function buildChangelog(diffInfo: DiffInfo, prs: PullRequestInfo[], optio
  transformedChangelog = replacePrPlaceholders(transformedChangelog, placeholderPrMap, config)
  transformedChangelog = cleanupPrPlaceholders(transformedChangelog, placeholders)
  core.info(`ℹ️ Filled template`)
+  core.endGroup()
  return transformedChangelog
 }