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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 theSemantic Versioning specification and communicating theimpact of changes to consumers.
Trust us, this will change your workflow for the better. –egghead.io
- Fully automated release
- EnforceSemantic Versioning 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 asnpm dist-tags) based on git merges
- Integrate with yourcontinuous integration workflow
- Avoid potential errors associated with manual releases
- Support anypackage managers and languages viaplugins
- Simple and reusable configuration viashareable configurations
- Support fornpm package provenance that promotes increased supply-chain security via signed attestations on GitHub Actions
semantic-release uses the commit messages to determine the consumer impact of changes in the codebase.Following formalized conventions for commit messages,semantic-release automatically determines the nextsemantic version number, generates a changelog and publishes the release.
By default,semantic-release usesAngular Commit Message Conventions.The commit message format can be changed with thepreset orconfig options of the@semantic-release/commit-analyzer and@semantic-release/release-notes-generator plugins.
Tools such ascommitizen orcommitlint can be used to help contributors and enforce valid commit messages.
The table below shows which commit message gets you which release type whensemantic-release runs (using the default configuration):
| Commit message | Release type |
|---|---|
fix(pencil): stop graphite breaking when too much pressure applied | |
feat(pencil): add 'graphiteWidth' option | |
perf(pencil): remove graphiteWidth optionBREAKING CHANGE: The graphiteWidth option has been removed.The default graphite width of 10mm is always used for performance reasons. | (Note that the BREAKING CHANGE: token must be in the footer of the commit) |
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 beunromantic and unsentimental.
For each new commit added to one of the release branches (for example:master,main,next,beta), withgit push or by merging a pull request or merging from another branch, a CI build is triggered and runs thesemantic-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 commandsemantic-release will execute the following steps:
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| Verify Conditions | Verify all the conditions to proceed with the release. |
| Get last release | Obtain the commit corresponding to the last release by analyzingGit tags. |
| 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 usesemantic-release you need:
- To host your code in aGit repository
- Use a Continuous Integration service that allows you tosecurely set up credentials
- A Git CLI version that meetsour version requirement installed in your Continuous Integration environment
- ANode.js version that meetsour version requirement installed in your Continuous Integration environment
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Let people know that your package is published usingsemantic-release and whichcommit-convention is followed by including this badge in your readme.
[](https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release)
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| Gregor Martynus | Pierre Vanduynslager | Matt Travi |
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| Stephan Bönnemann | Rolf Erik Lekang | Johannes Jörg Schmidt | Finn Pauls | Christoph Witzko |
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