New contributor with multiple contributions in a single release #1326
Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
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Description of the bug
When a new contributor made multiple contributions to a single release, then in the contributors context, the pr_number bound to this user points to the PR merged most recent, which in strictly speaking was not the first contribution to that repo.
This affects the "New Contributors" Changelog section.
Steps To Reproduce
$ git clone [email protected]:jdx/usage.git
$ cd usage
# new contributor Krut Patel (github username "iamkroot") made two contributions to v2.5.0, #349 then #350
$ git -P log --pretty='%h %<(15)%an%s' v2.4.0..v2.5.0
a19ac13 mise-en-dev chore: release v2.5.0 (#348)
4cb8ed3 jdx chore: mise up (#353)
baab772 renovate[bot] chore(deps): update rust crate ctor to 0.6 (#352)
9ddd7d4 renovate[bot] chore(deps): update rust crate serde_with to v3.15.1 (#351)
eafef8f Krut Patel feat: Print default values if specified (#350)
c1961f0 Krut Patel fix: complete descriptions serialized as string instead of bool (#349)
1029e4c Vlad fix: add fallback for shell (#347)
# "contributors" object (in github integration) only contained the last merged `pr_number`
$ git cliff -x v2.4.0..v2.5.0 | jq '.[0].github.contributors[] | select(.is_first_time == true)'
{
"username": "iamkroot",
"pr_title": "feat: Print default values if specified",
"pr_number": 350,
"pr_labels": [],
"is_first_time": true
}
Expected behavior
Minimum: for new contributors, provide something like pr_number_first which points to the indeed first contribution in the contributors context.
In general, an array of PR numbers, ordered by time of merging, would be helpful.
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Software information
- Operating system: macOS 14.8.2
- Rust version: rustc 1.92.0 (ded5c06cf 2025-12-08)
- Project version: git-cliff 2.11.0
Additional context
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