Function getRecentReleaseNotes

src/utils/releaseNotes.ts:208–241

(
  currentVersion: string,
  previousVersion: string | null | undefined,
  changelogContent: string = getStoredChangelogFromMemory(),
)

 * @returns Array of release notes to display
 */
export function getRecentReleaseNotes(
  currentVersion: string,
  previousVersion: string | null | undefined,
  changelogContent: string = getStoredChangelogFromMemory(),
): string[] {
  try {
    const releaseNotes = parseChangelog(changelogContent)

    // Strip SHA from both versions to compare only the base versions
    const baseCurrentVersion = coerce(currentVersion)
    const basePreviousVersion = previousVersion ? coerce(previousVersion) : null

    if (
      !basePreviousVersion ||
      (baseCurrentVersion &&
        gt(baseCurrentVersion.version, basePreviousVersion.version))
    ) {
      // Get all versions that are newer than the last seen version
      return Object.entries(releaseNotes)
        .filter(
          ([version]) =>
            !basePreviousVersion || gt(version, basePreviousVersion.version),
        )
        .sort(([versionA], [versionB]) => (gt(versionA, versionB) ? -1 : 1)) // Sort newest first
        .flatMap(([_, notes]) => notes)
        .filter(Boolean)
        .slice(0, MAX_RELEASE_NOTES_SHOWN)
    }
  } catch (error) {
    logError(toError(error))
    return []
  }
  return []
}

/**
 * Gets all release notes as an array of [version, notes] arrays.