Merge pull request #320 from ITV/filter-tags

Added tag exclusion with a filter (string or regex)

lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb

@@ -129,26 +129,34 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
     end
 
     # @param [Array] all_tags all tags
-    # @return [Array] filtered tags according :exclude_tags option
+    # @return [Array] filtered tags according :exclude_tags or :exclude_tags_regex option
     def filter_excluded_tags(all_tags)
-      return all_tags unless @options[:exclude_tags]
-
-      apply_exclude_tags(all_tags)
+      if @options[:exclude_tags]
+        apply_exclude_tags(all_tags)
+      elsif @options[:exclude_tags_regex]
+        apply_exclude_tags_regex(all_tags)
+      else
+        all_tags
+      end
     end
 
     private
 
     def apply_exclude_tags(all_tags)
       if @options[:exclude_tags].is_a?(Regexp)
-        filter_tags_with_regex(all_tags)
+        filter_tags_with_regex(all_tags, @options[:exclude_tags])
       else
         filter_exact_tags(all_tags)
       end
     end
 
-    def filter_tags_with_regex(all_tags)
+    def apply_exclude_tags_regex(all_tags)
+      filter_tags_with_regex(all_tags, Regexp.new(@options[:exclude_tags_regex]))
+    end
+
+    def filter_tags_with_regex(all_tags, regex)
       warn_if_nonmatching_regex(all_tags)
-      all_tags.reject { |tag| @options[:exclude_tags] =~ tag.name }
+      all_tags.reject { |tag| regex =~ tag.name }
     end
 
     def filter_exact_tags(all_tags)

lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb

@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
         opts.on("--exclude-tags  x,y,z", Array, "Change log will exclude specified tags") do |list|
           options[:exclude_tags] = list
         end
+        opts.on("--exclude-tags-regex [REGEX]", "Apply a regular expression on tag names so that they can be excluded, for example: --exclude-tags-regex \".*\+\d{1,}\" ") do |last|
+          options[:exclude_tags_regex] = last
+        end
         opts.on("--since-tag  x", "Change log will start after specified tag") do |v|
           options[:since_tag] = v
         end