Improve Monorepository Support

[rawkode]

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Feature description

Instead of having to execute commands, like so:

git cliff --include-path "projects/rawkode.academy/zulip/**/*" --repository ../../../

I'd like to instead have a cliff.yaml nested throughout my monorepository that allows me to segment my monorepository.

Desired solution

Adding a cliff.yaml to a directory should automatically set --include-paths to that directory and lower.

git-cliff should always use the Git root as --repository

Alternatives considered

N/A

Additional context

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[orhun]

Hey, thanks for creating the issue! 👋🏼

I generally agree that the monorepo support should be improved.

git-cliff should always use the Git root as --repository

I created #975 which fixes that, no need to do --repository ../../ etc. anymore!

Adding a cliff.yaml to a directory should automatically set --include-paths to that directory and lower.

Done in #976

Let me know if you can test this out! I'd appreciate some help to see if the behavior is correct now :)

[rawkode]

Awesome. I'll run some tests tonight.

Thank you!