@changesets/get-release-plan

What is @changesets/get-release-plan?

@changesets/get-release-plan is a utility package that helps you generate a release plan for your project. It is part of the Changesets ecosystem, which is designed to manage versioning and changelogs for multi-package repositories. This package specifically focuses on reading changeset files and generating a release plan based on the changes described in those files.

What are @changesets/get-release-plan's main functionalities?

Generate Release Plan

This feature allows you to generate a release plan by reading changeset files in the current working directory. The `getReleasePlan` function returns an object that includes information about the releases that need to be made, including the packages to be released and their new versions.

const { getReleasePlan } = require('@changesets/get-release-plan');

async function generateReleasePlan() {
  const cwd = process.cwd();
  const releasePlan = await getReleasePlan(cwd);
  console.log(releasePlan);
}

generateReleasePlan();

Custom Directory

This feature allows you to specify a custom directory from which to read changeset files. This is useful if your changeset files are not located in the current working directory.

const { getReleasePlan } = require('@changesets/get-release-plan');

async function generateReleasePlan(customDir) {
  const releasePlan = await getReleasePlan(customDir);
  console.log(releasePlan);
}

generateReleasePlan('/path/to/your/project');

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README

@changesets/get-release-plan

A function that reads information about the current repository

import getReleasePlan from "@changesets/get-release-plan";

const releasePlan = await getReleasePlan(cwd, since, passedConfig);

cwd: string

The directory to run getReleasePlan in - most often process.cwd()

since: string

Sets whether to use all changests present, or only those changesets that are new since the branch diverged from another one.

passedConfig?: Config

The changeset config options as defined in @changesets/types. This is optional, and can be used to overrwrite any written config options.