@companynamespace/npm-package-template

npm-package-template

Description

TLDR;

• Create new repo from this Template
• Update Readme
  • replace @companynamespace/npm-package-template with new package_name
• Update package.json
  • replace "name" @companynamespace/npm-package-template with new package_name
  • replace "repo" companynamespace/npm-package-template with new package_name repo
  • Add description, and other fields if needed
• Update LICENSE
  • Update [COMPANY name
  • Update year [yyyy]
• Update docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Update <COMPANY> name
• Activate automatic release
  • Add NPM_TOKEN secret to the repo
  • disable dry_run in Release step in .github/workflows/release.yml.

Content

Docs

• LICENSE
• docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
• docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
• docs/CHANGELOG.md --> dynamically updated

Issue template

• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md

PR template

• .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md --> automatically closes connected issue

Workflows

• CI --> npm ci, test and build
• CodeQL --> Perform CodeQL Analysis (Security, etc.)
• Release --> semantic-release:
  • Creates release notes
  • Updates CHANGELOG
  • Updates package.json version
  • Creates Git tag/release
  • Publish package to NPM
• Manual Release --> same as Release, but can be triggered manually in Actions tab

Release

• based on Angular Commit Message Conventions in commits - https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#commit-message-header
• Commit message format is used to build:
  • Release notes
  • Changelog updates
  • NPM package semver

Commit message Convention

<type>(<scope>): <short summary>
│       │             │
│       │             └─⫸ Summary in present tense. Not capitalized. No period at the end.
│       │
│       └─⫸ Commit Scope (optional): project|based|list
│
└─⫸ Commit Type: build|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|test