- drop support for tag SHA as in most cases this information is not available at the moment

- introduce new testcase to verify `DAYS_SINCE` calculation
- fix wrong log messages using the `TagInfo` object instead the name
- add additional log messages

src/releaseNotes.ts

@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ export class ReleaseNotes {
 
   private async getCommitHistory(octokit: Octokit): Promise<DiffInfo> {
     const {owner, repo, fromTag, toTag, failOnError} = this.options
-    core.info(`ℹ️ Comparing ${owner}/${repo} - '${fromTag}...${toTag}'`)
+    core.info(
+      `ℹ️ Comparing ${owner}/${repo} - '${fromTag.name}...${toTag.name}'`
+    )
 
     const commitsApi = new Commits(octokit)
     let diffInfo: DiffInfo
@@ -94,7 +96,9 @@ export class ReleaseNotes {
       return DefaultDiffInfo
     }
     if (diffInfo.commitInfo.length === 0) {
-      core.warning(`⚠️ No commits found between - ${fromTag}...${toTag}`)
+      core.warning(
+        `⚠️ No commits found between - ${fromTag.name}...${toTag.name}`
+      )
       return DefaultDiffInfo
     }
 

src/tags.ts

@@ -81,11 +81,9 @@ export class Tags {
         RestEndpointMethodTypes['repos']['getReleaseByTag']['response']['data']
 
       const release: ReleaseInformation = response.data as ReleaseInformation
-
       tagInfo.date = moment(release.created_at)
-
       core.info(
-        `ℹ️ Retrieved information about the release associated with ${tagInfo.name} from the GitHub API for ${owner}/${repo}`
+        `ℹ️ Retrieved information about the release associated with ${tagInfo.name} from the GitHub API`
       )
     } catch (error) {
       core.info(
@@ -99,6 +97,10 @@ export class Tags {
         core.info(
           `ℹ️ Resolved tag creation time (${creationTimeString}) from 'git for-each-ref --format="%(creatordate:rfc)" "refs/tags/${tagInfo.name}`
         )
+      } else {
+        core.info(
+          `⚠️ Could not retrieve tag creation time via git cli 'git for-each-ref --format="%(creatordate:rfc)" "refs/tags/${tagInfo.name}'`
+        )
       }
     }
     return tagInfo

src/transform.ts

@@ -313,19 +313,11 @@ export function fillAdditionalPlaceholders(
   transformed = transformed.replace(/\${{OWNER}}/g, options.owner)
   transformed = transformed.replace(/\${{REPO}}/g, options.repo)
   transformed = transformed.replace(/\${{FROM_TAG}}/g, options.fromTag.name)
-  transformed = transformed.replace(
-    /\${{FROM_TAG_SHA}}/g,
-    options.fromTag.commit || ''
-  )
   transformed = transformed.replace(
     /\${{FROM_TAG_DATE}}/g,
     options.fromTag.date?.toISOString() || ''
   )
   transformed = transformed.replace(/\${{TO_TAG}}/g, options.toTag.name)
-  transformed = transformed.replace(
-    /\${{TO_TAG_SHA}}/g,
-    options.toTag.commit || ''
-  )
   transformed = transformed.replace(
     /\${{TO_TAG_DATE}}/g,
     options.toTag.date?.toISOString() || ''