Set up custom config file for automatic Github changelog generation (#57

)

* ignore ds_store files in git

* config file for automatic changelog from github

* Revert "ignore ds_store files in git"

This reverts commit ba86b1c.

* bump version of `checkout` in CI config

.github/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes#configuration-options
+
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+      - DO NOT MERGE
+      - invalid
+      - dependencies
+      - tests
+    authors:
+      - octocat
+      - dependabot
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - Semver-Major
+        - breaking-change
+    - title: Exciting New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - Semver-Minor
+        - enhancement
+        - Feature
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"

.github/workflows/nightly_build.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: docker://nrel/openstudio:3.6.1
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Update gems
         run: bundle update
       - name: Run Rspec