fix: don't ignore changelog init flags.

changelog/changelog.go

@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ func InitChangelog(
 	}
 
 	_, updated := GetUpdatedChangelog(config, changelogFile, orderBy, repoPath, latestTag, "", unique)
+	err = WriteChangelog(changelogFile, updated)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to write to initialised changelog: %s: %v", changelogFile, err)
+	}
 
 	return updated, nil
 }

cmd/changelog_init.go

@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ var initCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		)
 		initChangelog(
 			changelogFile,
-			vcs.TagOrderBy(generateArgs.orderBy),
-			generateArgs.repoPath,
-			generateArgs.unique,
+			vcs.TagOrderBy(initArgs.orderBy),
+			initArgs.repoPath,
+			initArgs.unique,
 		)
 	},
 }

vcs/tags.go

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func GetEarliestTag(repoPath string, orderBy TagOrderBy) (string, error) {
 			return "", err
 		}
 		earliestTag = tag
+		logrus.Debugf("earliest tag: %s", earliestTag)
 	}
 	return earliestTag, nil
 }