- expand custom placeholders to the global template

- introuce capability of accessing and referencing custom placeholders of PRs in the global template
```
${{CUSTOM_PLACEHOLDER[0]}}
${{CUSTOM_PLACEHOLDER[*]}}
```
- introduce new testcase checking the custom placeholder functionality

__tests__/transform.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {buildChangelog} from '../src/transform'
 import {PullRequestInfo} from '../src/pullRequests'
 import moment from 'moment'
-import { DefaultConfiguration } from '../src/configuration';
+import { Configuration, DefaultConfiguration } from '../src/configuration';
 import { DefaultDiffInfo } from '../src/commits';
 
 jest.setTimeout(180000)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mergedPullRequests.push(
     repoName: 'test-repo',
     labels: new Set<string>(),
     milestone: '',
-    body: 'no magic body for this matter',
+    body: 'no magic body1 for this matter',
     assignees: [],
     requestedReviewers: [],
     approvedReviewers: [],
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ mergedPullRequests.push(
     repoName: 'test-repo',
     labels: new Set<string>(),
     milestone: '',
-    body: 'no magic body for this matter',
+    body: 'no magic body2 for this matter',
     assignees: [],
     requestedReviewers: [],
     approvedReviewers: [],
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ mergedPullRequests.push(
     repoName: 'test-repo',
     labels: new Set<string>(),
     milestone: '',
-    body: 'no magic body for this matter',
+    body: 'no magic body3 for this matter',
     assignees: [],
     requestedReviewers: [],
     approvedReviewers: [],
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ mergedPullRequests.push(
     repoName: 'test-repo',
     labels: new Set<string>(),
     milestone: '',
-    body: 'no magic body for this matter',
+    body: 'no magic body4 for this matter',
     assignees: [],
     requestedReviewers: [],
     approvedReviewers: [],
@@ -583,3 +583,43 @@ it('Use exclude labels to not include a PR within a category.', async () => {
     `## 🚀 Features and 🐛 Issues\n\n- [ABC-1234] - this is a PR 3 title message\n   - PR: #3\n\n## 🚀 Features and/or 🐛 Issues But No 🐛 Fixes\n\n- [ABC-1234] - this is a PR 1 title message\n   - PR: #1\n\n`
   )
 })
+
+
+it('Extract custom placeholder from PR body and replace in global template', async () => {
+  const customConfig = Object.assign({}, configuration)
+  customConfig.custom_placeholders = [
+    {
+      name: "C_PLACEHOLDER_1",
+      source: "BODY",
+      transformer: {
+        pattern: '.+ (b....).+',
+        target: '- $1'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: "C_PLACEHOLER_2",
+      source: "BODY",
+      transformer: {
+        pattern: '.+ b(....).+',
+        target: '\n- $1'
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+  customConfig.template = "${{CHANGELOG}}\n\n${{C_PLACEHOLER_2[2]}}\n\n${{C_PLACEHOLER_2[*]}}"
+  customConfig.pr_template = "${{BODY}} ---->  ${{C_PLACEHOLDER_1}}"
+
+  const resultChangelog = buildChangelog(DefaultDiffInfo, mergedPullRequests, {
+    owner: 'mikepenz',
+    repo: 'test-repo',
+    fromTag: { name: '1.0.0' },
+    toTag: { name: '2.0.0' },
+    includeOpen: false,
+    failOnError: false,
+    fetchReviewers: false,
+    fetchReleaseInformation: false,
+    commitMode: false,
+    configuration: customConfig
+  })
+
+  expect(resultChangelog).toStrictEqual(`## 🚀 Features\n\nno magic body1 for this matter ---->  - body1\nno magic body3 for this matter ---->  - body3\n\n## 🐛 Fixes\n\nno magic body2 for this matter ---->  - body2\nno magic body3 for this matter ---->  - body3\n\n## 🧪 Others\n\nno magic body4 for this matter ---->  - body4\n\n\n\n\n- ody3\n\n\n- ody1\n- ody2\n- ody3\n- ody4`)
+})

dist/index.js

@@ -1449,6 +1449,7 @@ exports.validateTransformer = exports.replaceEmptyTemplate = exports.buildChange
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const configuration_1 = __nccwpck_require__(5527);
 const pullRequests_1 = __nccwpck_require__(4217);
+const utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(918);
 function buildChangelog(diffInfo, prs, options) {
     // sort to target order
     const config = options.configuration;
@@ -1494,15 +1495,17 @@ function buildChangelog(diffInfo, prs, options) {
             }
         }
     }
+    // keep reference for the placeholder values
     const placeholders = new Map();
     for (const ph of config.custom_placeholders || []) {
-        placeholders.set(ph.source, ph);
+        (0, utils_1.createOrSet)(placeholders, ph.source, ph);
     }
+    const placeholderPrMap = new Map();
     const validatedTransformers = validateTransformers(config.transformers);
     const transformedMap = new Map();
     // convert PRs to their text representation
     for (const pr of prs) {
-        transformedMap.set(pr, transform(fillTemplate(pr, config.pr_template || configuration_1.DefaultConfiguration.pr_template, placeholders), validatedTransformers));
+        transformedMap.set(pr, transform(fillPrTemplate(pr, config.pr_template || configuration_1.DefaultConfiguration.pr_template, placeholders, placeholderPrMap), validatedTransformers));
     }
     core.info(`ℹ️ Used ${validatedTransformers.length} transformers to adjust message`);
     core.info(`✒️ Wrote messages for ${prs.length} pull requests`);
@@ -1519,7 +1522,7 @@ function buildChangelog(diffInfo, prs, options) {
     const uncategorizedPrs = [];
     // bring elements in order
     for (const [pr, body] of transformedMap) {
-        if (haveCommonElements(ignoredLabels.map(lbl => lbl.toLocaleLowerCase('en')), pr.labels)) {
+        if ((0, utils_1.haveCommonElements)(ignoredLabels.map(lbl => lbl.toLocaleLowerCase('en')), pr.labels)) {
             ignoredPrs.push(body);
             continue;
         }
@@ -1530,7 +1533,7 @@ function buildChangelog(diffInfo, prs, options) {
         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 ((0, utils_1.haveCommonElements)(category.exclude_labels.map(lbl => lbl.toLocaleLowerCase('en')), pr.labels)) {
                     if (core.isDebug()) {
                         const prNum = pr.number;
                         const prLabels = pr.labels;
@@ -1541,13 +1544,13 @@ function buildChangelog(diffInfo, prs, options) {
                 }
             }
             if (category.exhaustive === true) {
-                if (haveEveryElements(category.labels.map(lbl => lbl.toLocaleLowerCase('en')), pr.labels)) {
+                if ((0, utils_1.haveEveryElements)(category.labels.map(lbl => lbl.toLocaleLowerCase('en')), pr.labels)) {
                     pullRequests.push(body);
                     matched = true;
                 }
             }
             else {
-                if (haveCommonElements(category.labels.map(lbl => lbl.toLocaleLowerCase('en')), pr.labels)) {
+                if ((0, utils_1.haveCommonElements)(category.labels.map(lbl => lbl.toLocaleLowerCase('en')), pr.labels)) {
                     pullRequests.push(body);
                     matched = true;
                 }
@@ -1643,7 +1646,8 @@ function buildChangelog(diffInfo, prs, options) {
     placeholderMap.set('COMMITS', diffInfo.commits.toString());
     fillAdditionalPlaceholders(options, placeholderMap);
     let transformedChangelog = config.template || configuration_1.DefaultConfiguration.template;
-    transformedChangelog = replacePlaceHolders(transformedChangelog, placeholderMap, placeholders);
+    transformedChangelog = replacePlaceholders(transformedChangelog, placeholderMap, placeholders, placeholderPrMap);
+    transformedChangelog = replacePrPlaceholders(transformedChangelog, placeholderPrMap);
     core.info(`ℹ️ Filled template`);
     return transformedChangelog;
 }
@@ -1651,16 +1655,15 @@ exports.buildChangelog = buildChangelog;
 function replaceEmptyTemplate(template, options) {
     const placeholders = new Map();
     for (const ph of options.configuration.custom_placeholders || []) {
-        placeholders.set(ph.source, ph);
+        (0, utils_1.createOrSet)(placeholders, ph.source, ph);
     }
     const placeholderMap = new Map();
     fillAdditionalPlaceholders(options, placeholderMap);
-    return replacePlaceHolders(template, placeholderMap, placeholders);
+    return replacePlaceholders(template, placeholderMap, placeholders);
 }
 exports.replaceEmptyTemplate = replaceEmptyTemplate;
-function fillAdditionalPlaceholders(options, placeholderMap) {
+function fillAdditionalPlaceholders(options, placeholderMap /* placeholderKey and original value */) {
     var _a, _b;
-    // repository placeholders
     placeholderMap.set('OWNER', options.owner);
     placeholderMap.set('REPO', options.repo);
     placeholderMap.set('FROM_TAG', options.fromTag.name);
@@ -1677,7 +1680,7 @@ function fillAdditionalPlaceholders(options, placeholderMap) {
     }
     placeholderMap.set('RELEASE_DIFF', `https://github.com/${options.owner}/${options.repo}/compare/${options.fromTag.name}...${options.toTag.name}`);
 }
-function fillTemplate(pr, template, placeholders) {
+function fillPrTemplate(pr, template, placeholders /* placeholders to apply */, placeholderPrMap /* map to keep replaced placeholder values with their key */) {
     var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e, _f;
     const placeholderMap = new Map();
     placeholderMap.set('NUMBER', pr.number.toString());
@@ -1696,26 +1699,39 @@ function fillTemplate(pr, template, placeholders) {
     placeholderMap.set('APPROVERS', ((_f = pr.approvedReviewers) === null || _f === void 0 ? void 0 : _f.join(', ')) || '');
     placeholderMap.set('BRANCH', pr.branch || '');
     placeholderMap.set('BASE_BRANCH', pr.baseBranch);
-    return replacePlaceHolders(template, placeholderMap, placeholders);
+    return replacePlaceholders(template, placeholderMap, placeholders, placeholderPrMap);
 }
-function replacePlaceHolders(template, placeholderMap, placeholders) {
+function replacePlaceholders(template, placeholderMap /* placeholderKey and original value */, placeholders /* placeholders to apply */, placeholderPrMap /* map to keep replaced placeholder values with their key */) {
     let transformed = template;
     for (const [key, value] of placeholderMap) {
         transformed = transformed.replaceAll(`\${{${key}}}`, value);
         // replace custom placeholders
-        transformed = applyCustomPlaceholder(transformed, value, placeholders.get(key));
+        const phs = placeholders.get(key);
-    }
+        if (phs) {
-    return transformed;
+            for (const placeholder of phs) {
-}
-function applyCustomPlaceholder(template, value, placeholder) {
-    if (placeholder) {
                 const transformer = validateTransformer(placeholder.transformer);
                 if (transformer === null || transformer === void 0 ? void 0 : transformer.pattern) {
                     const extractedValue = value.replace(transformer.pattern, transformer.target);
-            return template.replaceAll(`\${{${placeholder.name}}}`, extractedValue);
+                    // note: `.replace` will return the full string again if there was no match
+                    if (extractedValue && placeholderPrMap && extractedValue !== value) {
+                        (0, utils_1.createOrSet)(placeholderPrMap, placeholder.name, extractedValue);
+                    }
+                    transformed = transformed.replaceAll(`\${{${placeholder.name}}}`, extractedValue);
                 }
             }
-    return template;
+        }
+    }
+    return transformed;
+}
+function replacePrPlaceholders(template, placeholderPrMap /* map with all pr related custom placeholder values */) {
+    let transformed = template;
+    for (const [key, values] of placeholderPrMap) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
+            transformed = transformed.replaceAll(`\${{${key}[${i}]}}`, values[i]);
+        }
+        transformed = transformed.replaceAll(`\${{${key}[*]}}`, values.join(''));
+    }
+    return transformed;
 }
 function transform(filled, transformers) {
     if (transformers.length === 0) {
@@ -1821,12 +1837,6 @@ function extractValuesFromString(value, extractor) {
     }
     return null;
 }
-function haveCommonElements(arr1, arr2) {
-    return arr1.some(item => arr2.has(item));
-}
-function haveEveryElements(arr1, arr2) {
-    return arr1.every(item => arr2.has(item));
-}
 
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -1860,7 +1870,7 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
     return result;
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.writeOutput = exports.directoryExistsSync = exports.parseConfiguration = exports.resolveConfiguration = exports.failOrError = exports.retrieveRepositoryPath = void 0;
+exports.haveEveryElements = exports.haveCommonElements = exports.createOrSet = exports.writeOutput = exports.directoryExistsSync = exports.parseConfiguration = exports.resolveConfiguration = exports.failOrError = exports.retrieveRepositoryPath = void 0;
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const fs = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7147));
 const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
@@ -1994,6 +2004,24 @@ function writeOutput(githubWorkspacePath, outputFile, changelog) {
     }
 }
 exports.writeOutput = writeOutput;
+function createOrSet(map, key, value) {
+    const entry = map.get(key);
+    if (!entry) {
+        map.set(key, [value]);
+    }
+    else {
+        entry.push(value);
+    }
+}
+exports.createOrSet = createOrSet;
+function haveCommonElements(arr1, arr2) {
+    return arr1.some(item => arr2.has(item));
+}
+exports.haveCommonElements = haveCommonElements;
+function haveEveryElements(arr1, arr2) {
+    return arr1.every(item => arr2.has(item));
+}
+exports.haveEveryElements = haveEveryElements;
 
 
 /***/ }),

src/transform.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {Category, DefaultConfiguration, Extractor, Placeholder, Transformer} fro
 import {PullRequestInfo, sortPullRequests} from './pullRequests'
 import {ReleaseNotesOptions} from './releaseNotes'
 import {DiffInfo} from './commits'
+import {createOrSet, haveCommonElements, haveEveryElements} from './utils'
 
 export interface RegexTransformer {
   pattern: RegExp | null
@@ -59,10 +60,12 @@ export function buildChangelog(diffInfo: DiffInfo, prs: PullRequestInfo[], optio
     }
   }
 
-  const placeholders = new Map<string, Placeholder>()
+  // keep reference for the placeholder values
+  const placeholders = new Map<string, Placeholder[]>()
   for (const ph of config.custom_placeholders || []) {
-    placeholders.set(ph.source, ph)
+    createOrSet(placeholders, ph.source, ph)
   }
+  const placeholderPrMap = new Map<string, string[]>()
 
   const validatedTransformers = validateTransformers(config.transformers)
   const transformedMap = new Map<PullRequestInfo, string>()
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ export function buildChangelog(diffInfo: DiffInfo, prs: PullRequestInfo[], optio
     transformedMap.set(
       pr,
       transform(
-        fillTemplate(pr, config.pr_template || DefaultConfiguration.pr_template, placeholders),
+        fillPrTemplate(pr, config.pr_template || DefaultConfiguration.pr_template, placeholders, placeholderPrMap),
         validatedTransformers
       )
     )
@@ -250,24 +253,26 @@ export function buildChangelog(diffInfo: DiffInfo, prs: PullRequestInfo[], optio
   fillAdditionalPlaceholders(options, placeholderMap)
 
   let transformedChangelog = config.template || DefaultConfiguration.template
-  transformedChangelog = replacePlaceHolders(transformedChangelog, placeholderMap, placeholders)
+  transformedChangelog = replacePlaceholders(transformedChangelog, placeholderMap, placeholders, placeholderPrMap)
-
+  transformedChangelog = replacePrPlaceholders(transformedChangelog, placeholderPrMap)
   core.info(`ℹ️ Filled template`)
   return transformedChangelog
 }
 
 export function replaceEmptyTemplate(template: string, options: ReleaseNotesOptions): string {
-  const placeholders = new Map<string, Placeholder>()
+  const placeholders = new Map<string, Placeholder[]>()
   for (const ph of options.configuration.custom_placeholders || []) {
-    placeholders.set(ph.source, ph)
+    createOrSet(placeholders, ph.source, ph)
   }
   const placeholderMap = new Map<string, string>()
   fillAdditionalPlaceholders(options, placeholderMap)
-  return replacePlaceHolders(template, placeholderMap, placeholders)
+  return replacePlaceholders(template, placeholderMap, placeholders)
 }
 
-function fillAdditionalPlaceholders(options: ReleaseNotesOptions, placeholderMap: Map<string, string>): void {
+function fillAdditionalPlaceholders(
-  // repository placeholders
+  options: ReleaseNotesOptions,
+  placeholderMap: Map<string, string> /* placeholderKey and original value */
+): void {
   placeholderMap.set('OWNER', options.owner)
   placeholderMap.set('REPO', options.repo)
   placeholderMap.set('FROM_TAG', options.fromTag.name)
@@ -287,7 +292,12 @@ function fillAdditionalPlaceholders(options: ReleaseNotesOptions, placeholderMap
   )
 }
 
-function fillTemplate(pr: PullRequestInfo, template: string, placeholders: Map<string, Placeholder>): string {
+function fillPrTemplate(
+  pr: PullRequestInfo,
+  template: string,
+  placeholders: Map<string, Placeholder[]> /* placeholders to apply */,
+  placeholderPrMap: Map<string, string[]> /* map to keep replaced placeholder values with their key */
+): string {
   const placeholderMap = new Map<string, string>()
   placeholderMap.set('NUMBER', pr.number.toString())
   placeholderMap.set('TITLE', pr.title)
@@ -305,33 +315,50 @@ function fillTemplate(pr: PullRequestInfo, template: string, placeholders: Map<s
   placeholderMap.set('APPROVERS', pr.approvedReviewers?.join(', ') || '')
   placeholderMap.set('BRANCH', pr.branch || '')
   placeholderMap.set('BASE_BRANCH', pr.baseBranch)
-  return replacePlaceHolders(template, placeholderMap, placeholders)
+  return replacePlaceholders(template, placeholderMap, placeholders, placeholderPrMap)
 }
 
-function replacePlaceHolders(
+function replacePlaceholders(
   template: string,
-  placeholderMap: Map<string, string>,
+  placeholderMap: Map<string, string> /* placeholderKey and original value */,
-  placeholders: Map<string, Placeholder>
+  placeholders: Map<string, Placeholder[]> /* placeholders to apply */,
+  placeholderPrMap?: Map<string, string[]> /* map to keep replaced placeholder values with their key */
 ): string {
   let transformed = template
   for (const [key, value] of placeholderMap) {
     transformed = transformed.replaceAll(`\${{${key}}}`, value)
 
     // replace custom placeholders
-    transformed = applyCustomPlaceholder(transformed, value, placeholders.get(key))
+    const phs = placeholders.get(key)
+    if (phs) {
+      for (const placeholder of phs) {
+        const transformer = validateTransformer(placeholder.transformer)
+        if (transformer?.pattern) {
+          const extractedValue = value.replace(transformer.pattern, transformer.target)
+          // note: `.replace` will return the full string again if there was no match
+          if (extractedValue && placeholderPrMap && extractedValue !== value) {
+            createOrSet(placeholderPrMap, placeholder.name, extractedValue)
+          }
+          transformed = transformed.replaceAll(`\${{${placeholder.name}}}`, extractedValue)
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
   return transformed
 }
 
-function applyCustomPlaceholder(template: string, value: string, placeholder: Placeholder | undefined): string {
+function replacePrPlaceholders(
-  if (placeholder) {
+  template: string,
-    const transformer = validateTransformer(placeholder.transformer)
+  placeholderPrMap: Map<string, string[]> /* map with all pr related custom placeholder values */
-    if (transformer?.pattern) {
+): string {
-      const extractedValue = value.replace(transformer.pattern, transformer.target)
+  let transformed = template
-      return template.replaceAll(`\${{${placeholder.name}}}`, extractedValue)
+  for (const [key, values] of placeholderPrMap) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
+      transformed = transformed.replaceAll(`\${{${key}[${i}]}}`, values[i])
     }
+    transformed = transformed.replaceAll(`\${{${key}[*]}}`, values.join(''))
   }
-  return template
+  return transformed
 }
 
 function transform(filled: string, transformers: RegexTransformer[]): string {
@@ -442,11 +469,3 @@ function extractValuesFromString(value: string, extractor: RegexTransformer): st
   }
   return null
 }
-
-function haveCommonElements(arr1: string[], arr2: Set<string>): Boolean {
-  return arr1.some(item => arr2.has(item))
-}
-
-function haveEveryElements(arr1: string[], arr2: Set<string>): Boolean {
-  return arr1.every(item => arr2.has(item))
-}

src/utils.ts

@@ -132,3 +132,20 @@ export function writeOutput(githubWorkspacePath: string, outputFile: string, cha
 }
 
 export type Unpacked<T> = T extends (infer U)[] ? U : T
+
+export function createOrSet<T>(map: Map<String, T[]>, key: string, value: T): void {
+  const entry = map.get(key)
+  if (!entry) {
+    map.set(key, [value])
+  } else {
+    entry.push(value)
+  }
+}
+
+export function haveCommonElements(arr1: string[], arr2: Set<string>): Boolean {
+  return arr1.some(item => arr2.has(item))
+}
+
+export function haveEveryElements(arr1: string[], arr2: Set<string>): Boolean {
+  return arr1.every(item => arr2.has(item))
+}