- adjust placeholder for yml as ${{}} is reserved

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           toTag: "v0.0.3"
           configurationJson: |
             {
-              "template": "${{CHANGELOG}}\n\n<details>\n<summary>Uncategorized</summary>\n\n${{UNCATEGORIZED}}\n</details>",
+              "template": "#{{CHANGELOG}}\n\n<details>\n<summary>Uncategorized</summary>\n\n#{{UNCATEGORIZED}}\n</details>",
               "categories": [
                 {
                     "title": "## 🚀 Features",

README.md

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           configurationJson: |
             {
-              "template": "${{CHANGELOG}}\n\n<details>\n<summary>Uncategorized</summary>\n\n${{UNCATEGORIZED}}\n</details>",
+              "template": "#{{CHANGELOG}}\n\n<details>\n<summary>Uncategorized</summary>\n\n#{{UNCATEGORIZED}}\n</details>",
               "categories": [
                 {
                     "title": "## 💬 Other",
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ For advanced use cases additional settings can be provided to the action
 
 | **Input**         | **Description**                                                                                                                                                               |
 |-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `configurationJson` | Provide the configuration directly via the build `yml` file.                                                                                                                |
+| `configurationJson` | Provide the configuration directly via the build `yml` file. Please note that `${{}}`  has to be written as `#{{}}` within the `yml` file.                                  |
 | `configuration`     | Relative path, to the `configuration.json` file, providing additional configurations                                                                                        |
 | `outputFile`        | Optional relative path to a file to store the resulting changelog in.                                                                                                       |
 | `owner`             | The owner of the repository to generate the changelog for                                                                                                                   |

dist/index.js

@@ -1928,7 +1928,8 @@ function readConfiguration(filename) {
  */
 function parseConfiguration(config) {
     try {
-        const configurationJSON = JSON.parse(config);
+        // for compatiblity with the `yml` file we require to use `#{{}}` instead of `${{}}` - replace it here.
+        const configurationJSON = JSON.parse(config.replace(/#{{/g, '${{'));
         return configurationJSON;
     }
     catch (error) {

src/utils.ts

@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ function readConfiguration(filename: string): Configuration | undefined {
  */
 export function parseConfiguration(config: string): Configuration | undefined {
   try {
-    const configurationJSON: Configuration = JSON.parse(config)
+    // for compatiblity with the `yml` file we require to use `#{{}}` instead of `${{}}` - replace it here.
+    const configurationJSON: Configuration = JSON.parse(
+      config.replace(/#{{/g, '${{')
+    )
     return configurationJSON
   } catch (error) {
     core.info(