Merge pull request #438 from thorsteneckel/feature-skip-prev-tags

Fixed issue #304 - entries of previous tags are included.

lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
   end
 
   class Generator
-    attr_accessor :options, :filtered_tags, :github, :tag_section_mapping
+    attr_accessor :options, :filtered_tags, :github, :tag_section_mapping, :sorted_tags
 
     # A Generator responsible for all logic, related with change log generation from ready-to-parse issues
     #

lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_generation.rb

@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
     def generate_unreleased_section
       log = ""
       if options[:unreleased]
-        unreleased_log = generate_log_between_tags(filtered_tags[0], nil)
+        start_tag      = filtered_tags[0] || sorted_tags.last
+        unreleased_log = generate_log_between_tags(start_tag, nil)
         log           += unreleased_log if unreleased_log
       end
       log

lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_processor.rb

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
       # in case if not tags specified - return unchanged array
       return issues if older_tag.nil? && newer_tag.nil?
 
+      older_tag = ensure_older_tag(older_tag, newer_tag)
+
       newer_tag_time = newer_tag && get_time_of_tag(newer_tag)
       older_tag_time = older_tag && get_time_of_tag(older_tag)
 
@@ -92,6 +94,14 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
       end
     end
 
+    def ensure_older_tag(older_tag, newer_tag)
+      return older_tag if older_tag
+      idx = sorted_tags.index { |t| t["name"] == newer_tag["name"] }
+      # skip if we are already at the oldest element
+      return if idx == sorted_tags.size - 1
+      sorted_tags[idx - 1]
+    end
+
     def tag_older_new_tag?(newer_tag_time, time)
       tag_in_range_new = if newer_tag_time.nil?
                            true

lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_tags.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
       included_tags = filter_excluded_tags(all_tags)
 
       fetch_tags_dates(all_tags) # Creates a Hash @tag_times_hash
-      sorted_tags          = sort_tags_by_date(included_tags)
+      @sorted_tags   = sort_tags_by_date(included_tags)
       @filtered_tags = get_filtered_tags(included_tags)
 
       @tag_section_mapping = build_tag_section_mapping(@filtered_tags, sorted_tags)