fix: do not group changelog when using github-native (#2781)

Signed-off-by: Carlos A Becker <caarlos0@gmail.com>

internal/pipe/changelog/changelog.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/client"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/git"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/tmpl"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/context"
 )
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func (Pipe) Run(ctx *context.Context) error {
 		"## Changelog",
 	}
 
-	if len(ctx.Config.Changelog.Groups) > 0 {
+	if shouldGroup(ctx.Config.Changelog) {
 		log.Debug("grouping entries")
 		groups := ctx.Config.Changelog.Groups
 
@@ -124,6 +125,10 @@ func (Pipe) Run(ctx *context.Context) error {
 	return os.WriteFile(path, []byte(ctx.ReleaseNotes), 0o644) //nolint: gosec
 }
 
+func shouldGroup(cfg config.Changelog) bool {
+	return len(cfg.Groups) > 0 && cfg.Use != "github-native"
+}
+
 func getAllNonEmpty(ss []string) []string {
 	var r []string
 	for _, s := range ss {

internal/pipe/changelog/changelog_test.go

@@ -616,3 +616,32 @@ func TestGroupBadRegex(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx.Git.CurrentTag = "v0.0.2"
 	require.EqualError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx), `failed to group into "Something": error parsing regexp: missing closing ]: `+"`"+`[(\w`+"`")
 }
+
+func TestShouldGroup(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("with groups", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("github-native", func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.False(t, shouldGroup(config.Changelog{
+				Use:    "github-native",
+				Groups: []config.ChangeLogGroup{{}},
+			}))
+		})
+		for _, u := range []string{"git", "github", "gitlab"} {
+			t.Run(u, func(t *testing.T) {
+				require.True(t, shouldGroup(config.Changelog{
+					Use:    u,
+					Groups: []config.ChangeLogGroup{{}},
+				}))
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("without groups", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, u := range []string{"git", "github", "gitlab", "github-native"} {
+			t.Run(u, func(t *testing.T) {
+				require.False(t, shouldGroup(config.Changelog{
+					Use: u,
+				}))
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ type Changelog struct {
 	Filters Filters          `yaml:"filters,omitempty"`
 	Sort    string           `yaml:"sort,omitempty"`
 	Skip    bool             `yaml:"skip,omitempty"` // TODO(caarlos0): rename to Disable to match other pipes
-	Use     string           `yaml:"use,omitempty"`
+	Use     string           `yaml:"use,omitempty" jsonschema:"enum=git,enum=github,enum=github-native,enum=gitlab,default=git"`
 	Groups  []ChangeLogGroup `yaml:"groups,omitempty"`
 }
 

www/docs/customization/changelog.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ changelog:
   # - `git`: uses `git log`;
   # - `github`: uses the compare GitHub API, appending the author login to the changelog.
   # - `gitlab`: uses the compare GitLab API, appending the author name and email to the changelog.
-  # - `github-native`: uses the GitHub release notes generation API.
+  # - `github-native`: uses the GitHub release notes generation API, disables the groups feature.
   #
   # Defaults to `git`.
   use: github
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ changelog:
   # Group commits messages by given regex and title.
   # Order value defines the order of the groups.
   # Proving no regex means all commits will be grouped under the default group.
+  # Groups are disabled when using github-native, as it already groups things by itself.
+  #
   # Default is no groups.
   groups:
     - title: Features