auto-release-cli

auto-release

Generate releases based on semantic version labels on pull requests.

CI/CD helpers for github releases. Generate releases based on semantic version labels on pull requests.

Release Features:

• Release every merge to master based on a PR labels
• Skip a release with the no-release label
• Generate a changelog with fancy headers, authors, and monorepo package association
• Generate a Github release

Pull Request Interaction Features:

• Get the labels for a PR
• Set the status of a PR
• Check that a pull request has a SemVer label
• Comment on a PR with markdown

API

Publishing

The following tools help facilitate automated publishing.

Here is an example release release script:

export PATH=$(npm bin):$PATH

VERSION=`auto version`

## Support for label 'no-release'
if [ ! -z "$VERSION" ]; then
  auto changelog
  npm version $VERSION -m "Bump version to: %s [skip ci]"
  npm publish
  git push --follow-tags --set-upstream origin $branch
  auto release
fi

or for lerna

export PATH=$(npm bin):$PATH

VERSION=`auto version`

if [ ! -z "$VERSION" ]; then
  auto changelog
  lerna publish --yes --force-publish=* $VERSION -m '%v [skip ci]'
  auto release
fi

or you could just use scripts

{
  "scripts": {
    "release": "if [ ! -z `auto version` ]; then npm run publish; fi",
    "prepublish": "auto changelog",
    "publish": "npm version `auto version` -m \"Bump version to: %s [skip ci]\" && npm publish",
    "postpublish": "git push --follow-tags --set-upstream origin $branch && auto release"
  }
}

auto version

Get the semantic version bump for the given changes. Requires all PRs to have labels for the change type.

>  auto version -h

usage: auto version.js [-h] [--onlyPublishWithReleaseLabel] [--major MAJOR]
                         [--minor MINOR] [--patch PATCH] [-v] [-vv]
                         [--githubApi GITHUBAPI]


Optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  --onlyPublishWithReleaseLabel
                        Only bump version if `release` label is on pull
                        request
  --major MAJOR         The name of the tag for a major version bump
  --minor MINOR         The name of the tag for a minor version bump
  --patch PATCH         The name of the tag for a patch version bump
  -v, --verbose         Show some more logs
  -vv, --very-verbose   Show a lot more logs
  --githubApi GITHUBAPI
                        Github API to use

Useful in conjunction with npm version to auto-version releases.

Prerelease

To create a prerelease add the prerelease label to your pull request.

No Release

To not create a release for a pull request add the no-release label. Any pull request with this tag will make auto version return ''.

NOTE: You must check the return value of auto version in a bash script like in the example above for the no-release label to function properly.

Configure Versioning Labels

To override the label text used for versioning define new labels in the .autorc.

{
  "labels": {
    "major": "Version: Major",
    "minor": "Version: Minor",
    "patch": "Version: Patch",
    "no-release": "NO!",
    "release": "Autobots, rollout!",
    "prerelease": "beta"
  }
}

auto changelog

Prepend release notes to CHANGELOG.md, create one if it doesn't exist, and commit the changes.

NOTE: This should be run before npm version so the CHANGELOG.md changes are committed before the release gets tagged.

>  auto changelog -h

usage: auto changelog.js [-h] [--from FROM] [--to TO] [--jira JIRA]
                           [--no-version-prefix] [-d] [-m MESSAGE] [-v] [-vv]
                           [--githubApi GITHUBAPI]


Optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  --from FROM           Tag to start changelog generation on. Defaults to
                        latest tag.
  --to TO               Tag to end changelog generation on. Defaults to HEAD.
  --jira JIRA           Jira base URL
  --no-version-prefix   Use the version as the tag without the `v` prefix
  -d, --dry-run         Don't actually commit status. Just print the request
                        body
  -m MESSAGE, --message MESSAGE
                        Message to commit the changelog with. Defaults to
                        "Update CHANGELOG.md [skip ci]"
  -v, --verbose         Show some more logs
  -vv, --very-verbose   Show a lot more logs
  --githubApi GITHUBAPI
                        Github API to use

Jira

To include Jira story information you must include a URL to your hosted JIRA instance as a CLI or .autorc config option.

auto release

Auto-generate a github release.

# package.json
{
    "postpublish": "auto release"
}

Make sure the branch/tag you're releasing is on github before running auto release. You may need to push the tags to github first:

# package.json
{
    "postpublish": "git push --follow-tags --set-upstream origin $branch && auto release"
}

>  auto release -h

usage: auto release.js [-h] [-s SLACK] [--use-version USE_VERSION]
                         [--jira JIRA] [--no-version-prefix] [-d] [-v] [-vv]
                         [--githubApi GITHUBAPI]


Optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  -s SLACK, --slack SLACK
                        Post a message to slack about the release. Make sure
                        the SLACK_TOKEN environment variable is set.
  --use-version USE_VERSION
                        Version number to publish as. Defaults to reading
                        from the package.json.
  --jira JIRA           Jira base URL
  --no-version-prefix   Use the version as the tag without the `v` prefix
  -d, --dry-run         Don't actually commit status. Just print the request
                        body
  -v, --verbose         Show some more logs
  -vv, --very-verbose   Show a lot more logs
  --githubApi GITHUBAPI
                        Github API to use

Slack URL

When posting to slack you must provide your slack services hook url at the CLI or in your .autorc config.

Changelog Titles

To configure the titles used in the changelog add changelogTitles to the .autorc.

{
  "changelogTitles": {
    "major": "Breaking",
    "minor": "Feature",
    "patch": "Fix",
    "internal": "Internal",
    "documentation": "Docz"
  }
}

If you want more sections in your changelog to further detail the change set you can use the changelogTitles to add more.

{
  "changelogTitles": {
    "typescript": "Typescript Rewrite",
    "front-end": "Front End Updates",
    "back-end": "Back End Updates"
  }
}

Pull Request Interaction

auto label

Get the labels for a pull request.

>  auto label -h

usage: auto label.js [-h] --pr PR [--repo REPO] [--owner OWNER] [-v] [-vv]
                       [--githubApi GITHUBAPI]


Optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  --pr PR               The pull request number you want the labels of
  --repo REPO           The repo to set the status on. Defaults to looking in
                        the package.json
  --owner OWNER         Version number to publish as. Defaults to reading
                        from the package.json
  -v, --verbose         Show some more logs
  -vv, --very-verbose   Show a lot more logs
  --githubApi GITHUBAPI
                        Github API to use

auto pr

Set the status on a PR commit

>  auto pr -h

usage: auto pr.js [-h] [--sha SHA] --state STATE --description DESCRIPTION
                    --url URL --context CONTEXT --pr PR [--owner OWNER]
                    [--repo REPO] [-v] [-vv] [--githubApi GITHUBAPI]


Optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  --sha SHA             Specify a custom git sha. Defaults to the HEAD for a
                        git repo in the current repository
  --state STATE         State of the PR
  --description DESCRIPTION
                        A description of the status
  --url URL             URL to associate with this status
  --context CONTEXT     A string label to differentiate this status from
                        others
  --pr PR               The pull request number you want the labels of
  --owner OWNER         Version number to publish as. Defaults to reading
                        from the package.json
  --repo REPO           The repo to set the status on. Defaults to looking in
                        the package.json
  -v, --verbose         Show some more logs
  -vv, --very-verbose   Show a lot more logs
  --githubApi GITHUBAPI
                        Github API to use

auto pr-check

Check that a pull request has a SemVer label.

>  auto pr-check -h

usage: auto pr-check.js [-h] [--pr PR] [-d] --url URL
                          [--owner OWNER] [--repo REPO]
                          [--onlyPublishWithReleaseLabel] [--major MAJOR]
                          [--minor MINOR] [--patch PATCH] [-v] [-vv]
                          [--githubApi GITHUBAPI]


Optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  --pr PR       The PR number
  -d, --dry-run         Don't actually commit status. Just print the request
                        body
  --url URL             URL to associate with this status
  --owner OWNER         Version number to publish as. Defaults to reading
                        from the package.json
  --repo REPO           The repo to set the status on. Defaults to looking in
                        the package.json
  --onlyPublishWithReleaseLabel
                        Only bump version if `release` label is on pull
                        request
  --major MAJOR         The name of the tag for a major version bump
  --minor MINOR         The name of the tag for a minor version bump
  --patch PATCH         The name of the tag for a patch version bump
  -v, --verbose         Show some more logs
  -vv, --very-verbose   Show a lot more logs
  --githubApi GITHUBAPI
                        Github API to use

auto comment

Comment on a pull request with a markdown message.

>  auto version -h

usage: auto comment.js [-h] -m MESSAGE [--context CONTEXT] [--owner OWNER]
                         [--repo REPO] --pr PR [-v] [-vv]
                         [--githubApi GITHUBAPI]


Optional arguments:
  -h, --help            Show this help message and exit.
  -m MESSAGE, --message MESSAGE
                        Message to post to comment.
  --context CONTEXT     A string label to differentiate this status from
                        others
  --owner OWNER         Version number to publish as. Defaults to reading
                        from the package.json
  --repo REPO           The repo to set the status on. Defaults to looking in
                        the package.json
  --pr PR               The pull request number you want the labels of
  -v, --verbose         Show some more logs
  -vv, --very-verbose   Show a lot more logs
  --githubApi GITHUBAPI
                        Github API to use

Continuous Integration

auto-release was built for use in a continuous integration environment. Here's how to set it up in various tools.

CircleCI

The following config declares the release job and uses it in the build_and_release workflow. The release job will only run on commits to master.

version: 2

defaults: &defaults
  working_directory: ~/auto-release-test
  docker:
    - image: circleci/node:latest-browsers

jobs:
  install: # your install job

  release:
    <<: *defaults
    steps:
      - attach_workspace:
          at: ~/auto-release-test
      - run:
          name: Release
          command: npm run publish

workflows:
  version: 2
  build_and_release:
    jobs:
      - install:
          filters:
            tags:
              only: /.*/

      - release:
          requires:
            - install
          filters:
            branches:
              only:
                - master

Enterprise

If you are using enterprise github auto-release lets you configure the github API URL that it uses. You can configure this by using the CLI option --githubApi or by setting the value in your .autorc.