microsoft / microsoft/winget-create

Auto-fill `ReleaseNotes` from GitHub

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Dominant language
C#
Stars
651
Forks
114
Avg merge
7h 52m
Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Auto-fill ReleaseNotes for those packages released on GitHub

Proposed technical implementation details

From https://api.github.com/repos/<owner>/<repo>/releases/tags/<versiontag> request body and reformat it as ReleaseNotes

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating how winget-create currently handles the ReleaseNotes manifest field and where package release metadata is processed. Use the GitHub releases-by-tag endpoint described in the issue, then verify that the release body is converted into ReleaseNotes for GitHub-hosted packages.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, github
Domain
api, cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
58/100

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