From 0e96fe28501a6a2ffff8f36aee373122b831335f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Graham <matthew.m.graham@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 17:18:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Configure automatic release notes categories (#19)

* Configure automatic release notes categories

* Skip running tests on updates to release / dependabot config files
---
 .github/release.yml         | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/tests.yml |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/release.yml

diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de5e14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+  categories:
+    - title: ✨ New features
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+    - title: 📖 Documentation improvements
+      labels:
+        - documentation
+    - title: 🐛 Bug fixes
+      labels:
+        - bug
+    - title: 📦 Dependency updates
+      labels:
+        - dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index c59ad34..d8f9e4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ on:
       - "docs/**"
       - "CITATION.cff"
       - "LICENSE"
+      - ".github/release.yml"
+      - ".github/dependabot.yml"
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 0 * * 1"