Is there a way to use standard-version just to update the change log

Question

I like standard-version as it updates the changelog using git commits but for a project I'm working on versioning is managed by another command - and HAS to stay like this. Is there a way of just getting standard-version just to generate the new change log from commits (following commitlint standards) and not bump the version or create tags?

Answer 1

If you would like Standard Version to only update the changelog and do nothing else, then you can use the skip options provided in either the CLI or the package.json file to skip all the other lifecycle steps.

CLI

npx standard-version --skip.bump --skip.commit --skip.tag

package.json

{
  "standard-version": {
    "skip": {
      "bump": true,
      "commit": true,
      "tag": true
    }
  }
}