Releases: "Commits since this Release" link is gone from the release page?

[andig]

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Releases like https://github.com/evcc-io/evcc/releases/tag/0.310.1 used to show a "Commits since this Release" link. This link is no longer visible on the release page, even for the latest release. How can this information be retrieved through the GH ui?

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[AhmadHassan-BTed]

GitHub occasionally tweaks their UI, and sometimes that link disappears depending on how the release tag is associated with the default branch.

If you still want to see those commits without leaving the UI, the easiest way is to use GitHub's Compare feature. You can do this in two ways:

The URL trick (fastest): Just type /compare/0.310.1...main (or whatever the default branch name is) at the end of the base repository URL. For example: evcc-io/evcc@0.310.1...master

Through the UI: Go to the main repository page, click on the Tags tab (usually next to branches), find the 0.310.1 tag, and click the Compare button next to it.

That will give you the exact same list of commits that the old link used to provide.

[andig]

Probably having my blonde day, but no compare button:

And of course I can do this locally in git and whatsoever- but none of these are one-click. I've always used the link to check how much and whcih new functionality I've accumulated to see if it warranted a new release.

[AhmadHassan-BTed]

Don't worry, you are not having a "blonde day"; atleast today

Well, GitHub really did remove the compare button from that specific dropdown menu.

Since they took away that easy one-click button, the only way to do it entirely through the UI (without typing URLs) is a bit more tedious now:

1. Go to the Pull requests tab.
2. Click the green New pull request button.
3. Click on the compare: main (or master) dropdown, switch to the Tags tab, and select your previous release tag (e.g., 0.310.1).

I completely agree with you : ( this is a huge step backward for checking accumulated changes. It's no longer a convenient one-click action. hopefully, the GitHub UI team realizes this regression and brings the quick link back.

[sau-as-dev]

I'm glad someone else noticed this as well. I was about to create a topic about this very same issue. I wonder what is the reasoning behind removing this functionality. It was a reliable way to check new commits that were made after a certain release.

[RTTTC]

I though I did something with UI settings ir something.. this is very inconvenient, please roll back ASAP