feat(args): add --ignore-tags argument

.github/fixtures/test-cli-arg-ignore-tags/cliff.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+[changelog]
+# changelog header
+header = """
+# Changelog\n
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.\n
+"""
+# template for the changelog body
+# https://keats.github.io/tera/docs/#introduction
+body = """
+{% if version %}\
+    ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}] - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+{% else %}\
+    ## [unreleased]
+{% endif %}\
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+    ### {{ group | upper_first }}
+    {% for commit in commits %}
+        - {% if commit.breaking %}[**breaking**] {% endif %}{{ commit.message | upper_first }}\
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}\n
+"""
+# template for the changelog footer
+footer = """
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->
+"""
+# remove the leading and trailing whitespace from the templates
+trim = true
+
+[git]
+# regex for skipping tags
+skip_tags = ""
+# regex for ignoring tags
+ignore_tags = ""

.github/fixtures/test-cli-arg-ignore-tags/commit.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2021-01-23 01:23:45" git commit --allow-empty -m "feat: add first beta feature"
+git tag v1.0.0-beta.1
+
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2021-01-23 01:23:46" git commit --allow-empty -m "feat: add second beta feature"
+git tag v1.0.0-beta.2
+
+# WARNING: If we won't create this commit, 1.0.0 won't be created!
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2021-01-23 01:23:47" git commit --allow-empty -m "chore: why do i need a commit here?"
+git tag v1.0.0
+
+GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2021-01-23 01:23:49" git commit --allow-empty -m "fix: simple fix"
+git tag v1.0.1

.github/fixtures/test-cli-arg-ignore-tags/expected.md

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+## [1.0.1] - 2021-01-23
+
+### Fix
+
+- Simple fix
+
+## [1.0.0] - 2021-01-23
+
+### Feat
+
+- Add first beta feature
+- Add second beta feature
+
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->

.github/workflows/test-fixtures.yml

@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ jobs:
             command: --bump
           - fixtures-name: test-bump-initial-tag-cli-arg
             command: --bump --tag=2.1.1
+          - fixtures-name: test-cli-arg-ignore-tags
+            command: --ignore-tags ".*beta"
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

git-cliff/src/args.rs

@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ pub struct Opt {
 		num_args(1..)
 	)]
 	pub with_commit:     Option<Vec<String>>,
+	/// Sets the tags to ignore in the changelog.
+	#[arg(long, env = "GIT_CLIFF_IGNORE_TAGS", value_name = "PATTERN")]
+	pub ignore_tags:     Option<Regex>,
 	/// Sets commits that will be skipped in the changelog.
 	#[arg(
 		long,

git-cliff/src/lib.rs

@@ -489,7 +489,9 @@ pub fn run(mut args: Opt) -> Result<()> {
 	if args.tag.is_some() {
 		config.bump.initial_tag.clone_from(&args.tag);
 	}
-
+	if args.ignore_tags.is_some() {
+		config.git.ignore_tags.clone_from(&args.ignore_tags);
+	}
 	// Process the repositories.
 	let repositories = args.repository.clone().unwrap_or(vec![env::current_dir()?]);
 	let mut releases = Vec::<Release>::new();

website/docs/configuration/git.md

@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ A regex for skip processing the matched tags.
 
 A regex for ignore processing the matched tags.
 
+This value can be also overridden with using the `--ignore-tags` argument.
+
 While `skip_tags` drop commits from the changelog, `ignore_tags` include ignored commits into the next tag.
 
 ### topo_order

website/docs/usage/args.md

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ git-cliff [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [--] [RANGE]
     --exclude-path <PATTERN>...  Sets the path to exclude related commits [env: GIT_CLIFF_EXCLUDE_PATH=]
     --tag-pattern <PATTERN>      Sets the regex for matching git tags [env: GIT_CLIFF_TAG_PATTERN=]
     --with-commit <MSG>...       Sets custom commit messages to include in the changelog [env: GIT_CLIFF_WITH_COMMIT=]
+    --ignore-tags <PATTERN>      Sets the tags to ignore in the changelog [env: GIT_CLIFF_IGNORE_TAGS=]
     --skip-commit <SHA1>...      Sets commits that will be skipped in the changelog [env: GIT_CLIFF_SKIP_COMMIT=]
 -p, --prepend <PATH>             Prepends entries to the given changelog file [env: GIT_CLIFF_PREPEND=]
 -o, --output [<PATH>]            Writes output to the given file [env: GIT_CLIFF_OUTPUT=]