Introduction
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📦🚀 semantic-release
Fully automated version management and package publishing
semantic-release automates the whole package release workflow including: determining the next version number, generating the release notes and publishing the package.
This removes the immediate connection between human emotions and version numbers, strictly following the specification.
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Fully automated release
Enforce specification
New features and fixes are immediately available to users
Notify maintainers and users of new releases
Use formalized commit message convention to document changes in the codebase
Publish on different distribution channels (such as ) based on git merges
Integrate with your
Avoid potential errors associated with manual releases
Support any via
Simple and reusable configuration via
The table below shows which commit message gets you which release type when semantic-release runs (using the default configuration):
Commit message
Release type
fix(pencil): stop graphite breaking when too much pressure applied
Patch Release
feat(pencil): add 'graphiteWidth' option
Minor Feature Release
perf(pencil): remove graphiteWidth option
BREAKING CHANGE: The graphiteWidth option has been removed.
The default graphite width of 10mm is always used for performance reasons.
Major Breaking Release
For each new commits added to one of the release branches (for example master, next, beta), with git push or by merging a pull request or merging from another branch, a CI build is triggered and runs the semantic-release command to make a release if there are codebase changes since the last release that affect the package functionalities.
semantic-release offers various ways to control the timing, the content and the audience of published releases. See example workflows in the following recipes:
After running the tests, the command semantic-release will execute the following steps:
Step
Description
Verify Conditions
Verify all the conditions to proceed with the release.
Get last release
Analyze commits
Determine the type of release based on the commits added since the last release.
Verify release
Verify the release conformity.
Generate notes
Generate release notes for the commits added since the last release.
Create Git tag
Create a Git tag corresponding to the new release version.
Prepare
Prepare the release.
Publish
Publish the release.
Notify
Notify of new releases or errors.
In order to use semantic-release you need:
Usage
Extending
Recipes
Developer guide
Support
Let people know that your package is published using semantic-release by including this badge in your readme.
semantic-release uses the commit messages to determine the type of changes in the codebase. Following formalized conventions for commit messages, semantic-release automatically determines the next number, generates a changelog and publishes the release.
By default semantic-release uses . The commit message format can be changed with the of the and plugins.
Tools such as or can be used to help contributors and enforce valid commit messages.
semantic-release is meant to be executed on the CI environment after every successful build on the release branch. This way no human is directly involved in the release process and the releases are guaranteed to be .
Obtain the commit corresponding to the last release by analyzing .
To host your code in a
Use a Continuous Integration service that allows you to
Git CLI version installed in your Continuous Integration environment
version installed in your Continuous Integration environment
