Features

• 🚀 Create version entries with a keyboard shortcut
• 📅 Automatically adds today's date
• ✅ Validates semantic versioning (vX.Y.Z)
• 🔗 Automatically updates changelog links ([Unreleased] and version comparison links)
• 📝 Works only in CHANGELOG.md files

Usage

1. Open your CHANGELOG.md file
2. Type a version number in the format vX.Y.Z (e.g., v2.17.3)
3. Press Cmd+Shift+V (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+V (Windows/Linux)
4. The extension will:
   • Replace the line with: ## [2.17.3] - 2025-10-31
   • Update [Unreleased] link to compare against the new version
   • Add a new version comparison link (e.g., [2.17.3]: .../compare/v2.17.2...v2.17.3)

Demo

Press Cmd+Shift+V on a version line to automatically create the version entry and update links

Customizing the Keyboard Shortcut

Don't like the default shortcut? You can change it:

1. Open Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P)
2. Search for "Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts"
3. Search for "Changelog: Create Version from Line"
4. Click the pencil icon and set your preferred shortcut

Requirements

• VSCode 1.105.0 or higher
• Markdown language support

Known Issues

• Autocompletion feature is not yet functional (use the keyboard shortcut instead)