- add new ability to define exclude_labels for categories (give greater flexibility)

- FIX https://github.com/mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action/issues/681

src/transform.ts

@@ -111,6 +111,26 @@ export function buildChangelog(
 
     let matched = false
     for (const [category, pullRequests] of categorized) {
+      // check if any exclude label matches
+      if (category.exclude_labels !== undefined) {
+        if (
+          haveCommonElements(
+            category.exclude_labels.map(lbl => lbl.toLocaleLowerCase('en')),
+            pr.labels
+          )
+        ) {
+          if (core.isDebug()) {
+            const prNum = pr.number
+            const prLabels = pr.labels
+            const excludeLabels = JSON.stringify(category.exclude_labels)
+            core.debug(
+              `PR ${prNum} with labels: ${prLabels} excluded from category via exclude label: ${excludeLabels}`
+            )
+          }
+          continue // one of the exclude labels matched, skip the PR for this category
+        }
+      }
+
       if (category.exhaustive === true) {
         if (
           haveEveryElements(