- include new categorized output which contains a serialized JSON string with the categorized pull requests

README.md

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ A full set list of possible output values for this action.
 | `outputs.deletions`         | Count of code deletions in this release (lines).                                                                          |
 | `outputs.changes`           | Total count of changes in this release (lines).                                                                           |
 | `outputs.commits`           | Count of commits which have been added in this release.                                                                   |
-
+| `outputs.categorized`       | The categorized pull requests used to build the changelog as serialized JSON.                                                           |
 
 ## Full Sample 🖥️
 

dist/index.js

@@ -1830,6 +1830,9 @@ function buildChangelog(diffInfo, prs, options) {
         }
     }
     core.info(`ℹ️ Ordered all pull requests into ${categories.length} categories`);
+    // serialize and provide the categorized content as json
+    const transformedCategorized = Array.from(categorized).reduce((obj, [key, value]) => Object.assign(obj, { [key.title]: value }), {});
+    core.setOutput('categorized', JSON.stringify(transformedCategorized));
     // construct final changelog
     let changelog = '';
     for (const [category, pullRequests] of categorized) {

src/transform.ts

@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ export function buildChangelog(diffInfo: DiffInfo, prs: PullRequestInfo[], optio
   }
   core.info(`ℹ️ Ordered all pull requests into ${categories.length} categories`)
 
+  // serialize and provide the categorized content as json
+  const transformedCategorized = Array.from(categorized).reduce((obj, [key, value]) => Object.assign(obj, {[key.title]: value}), {})
+  core.setOutput('categorized', JSON.stringify(transformedCategorized))
+
   // construct final changelog
   let changelog = ''
   for (const [category, pullRequests] of categorized) {