Melos always versions in CI/CD - even if there is no new commit

[FritzMatthaeus]

Setup:

I have a monorepo managed with melos that contains about half a dozen private Github packages. Everything is working fine, but i have run into a problem using melos version --yes in a Github Action. As the main branch is protected, melos version --all --yes is run upon a pullrequest merge.

If i make a fix commit to repository foo locally, melos version --all will suggest to bump the Version from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 and update all packages depending on foo. So this is working according to plan.

But when i push the same commit to Github and trigger a versioning action, melos version --all --yes will not only take the last commit into account. It will consider ALL previous commits related to foo. And it will not only do this in the foo package, but also in ALL other packages. And as each package has had a feat commit at some time, melos version --all --yes will bump all packages to the next minor version on each run of melos version.

Here the changelog for a core package that w e are having. As you can see, it sum's up all commits related to this core package. And it has created a new release on every melos version run, even if there has not been any new commit related to this package. Currently it is at 1.9.0 and the last new commit has been a refactor commit in 1.2.0:

## 1.11.0

 - **REFACTOR**: move hypeit environment enum to dart core package.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): initialize authservice on setup.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**(core): add mock flag to feature setup.
 - **FEAT**(core): add error logging service to feature factory.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.10.0

 - **REFACTOR**: move hypeit environment enum to dart core package.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**(core): add mock flag to feature setup.
 - **FEAT**(core): add error logging service to feature factory.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.9.0

 - **REFACTOR**: move hypeit environment enum to dart core package.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**(core): add mock flag to feature setup.
 - **FEAT**(core): add error logging service to feature factory.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.8.0

 - **REFACTOR**: move hypeit environment enum to dart core package.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**(core): add mock flag to feature setup.
 - **FEAT**(core): add error logging service to feature factory.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.7.0

 - **REFACTOR**: move hypeit environment enum to dart core package.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**(core): add error logging service to feature factory.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.6.0

 - **REFACTOR**: move hypeit environment enum to dart core package.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**(core): add error logging service to feature factory.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.5.0

 - **REFACTOR**: move hypeit environment enum to dart core package.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**(core): add error logging service to feature factory.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.4.0

 - **REFACTOR**: move hypeit environment enum to dart core package.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**(core): add error logging service to feature factory.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.3.0

 - **REFACTOR**: move hypeit environment enum to dart core package.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**(auth_device_token): export logout functionality.
 - **FEAT**(core): add error logging service to feature factory.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.2.0

 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.1.0

 - **REFACTOR**(core): jwt in auth service are also send as bearer.
 - **REFACTOR**: rename mock services.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.
 - **FIX**(core): make service locator methods type safe.
 - **FIX**: update to changes in hypeit dart core.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.
 - **FEAT**: upgrade exceptions.
 - **FEAT**(core): add environment enum for environment service.
 - **FEAT**(core): provide aggregated localization delegates.
 - **FEAT**(core): add localization delegates to setup values.
 - **FEAT**(core): uuid service provides method to generate uuids.

## 1.0.1

 - **REFACTOR**(core): rename auth service and auto create it in the setup service.
 - **REFACTOR**: remove auth service mock.
 - **REFACTOR**(core): auth service.
 - **REFACTOR**: move all flutter related packages and features to this repo.
 - **FIX**: implement singleton interface in repository to restrict repository locator to repositories and not services.
 - **FIX**(core): re-create a auth service mock.

## 1.0.0

 - **FIX**(core): pubspec description.

Does anyone have an explanation on why this happens? Help would be greatly appreciated 🫶

[spydon]

Are you sure that you're pushing the git tags properly?

[FritzMatthaeus]

@spydon thanks for looking into this: all tags are present in our present git repository. We have tags for each of these versions. In our workflow we push them with git push --follow-tags

[FritzMatthaeus]

an explanation might be, that tags are not present when the Github runner clones the repository (so this should be the case considering our configuration). And fetchTags of Melos is left to default (which is true). So either the checkout step or melos itself should take care of fetching all tags

[FritzMatthaeus]

That was a misleading assumption. Of course the tags are there, as melos does version from minor to minor after all. So obviously it does find a tag, but it takes ALL commits since the 1st tag ever created and not the last tag.

[spydon]

@FritzMatthaeus ah yes, that's the reason, since GitHub is doing a shallow checkout by default. You can check how the melos-action is doing it.

[spydon]

Check here: https://github.com/bluefireteam/melos-action/blob/main/examples%2F02-release-on-pr%2Frelease-prepare.yml#L15-L17

[FritzMatthaeus]

@spydon: Thank you for taking your time. The shallow checkout was the reason. The following settings on checking out the repository in the workflow solved the problems:

      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          fetch-tags: true