gh-semver

This GitHub CLI extension can be used determine the semantic version to release.

First it will search all tags and traverse up and down the git log to find the latest tag and inspect all commits made since against the conventional commits standard v1.0.0.

Prerequisites

GitHub commandline interface
Repository cloned with full depth, a shallow clone cannot be traversed.

Usage (commandline)

Install the extension by running:

gh extension install koozz/gh-semver

Run this extension with its keyword (default is semver):

gh semver

View more options with:

gh semver -help

In case of a newer version, upgrade by running:

gh extension upgrade koozz/gh-semver

Usage (GitHub Actions)

This extension can be used in a GitHub Actions workflow to determine the next semantic version.

In your workflow;

make sure the checkout has fetch-depth: 0
install the extension
call the extension
use the version as you see fit

# ...

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: SemVer
        id: semver
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          gh extension install koozz/gh-semver
          gh semver -action
      - name: Tag
        run: |
          git tag ${{ steps.semver.outputs.version }}

# ...

Or let the extension create the tag:

# ...

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: SemVer
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          gh extension install koozz/gh-semver
          gh semver -tag
          git push --tags

# ...

Example can be found in .github/workflows/auto-tag-main.yml

Roadmap

Things on the roadmap:

Semantic Versioning(-ish) for modules in a mono-repo;
- Limit versioning to a directory within the repository.
- Prefix the version with a module name.
Tests to make the software more robust and reliable.

Issues?

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License

Apache 2.0