semver-branches

Semantic versioning of package.json across branches via github actions

usage

The Github workflow in .github/workflows performs the following tasks:

• Runs on push to develop or master branches.
• Clones the repo to the workflow runner.
• Uses mathieudutour/github-tag-action to analyze recent commits and generate a new semver tag (e.g., 0.0.2-develop.0, 0.0.2).
• Pushes the new tag to the repo.
• Updates package.json version field with new version. If on master, removes any suffix (e.g., turn 0.0.2-feature.x into 0.0.2).
• Commits the updated package.json with the new version.
• Pushes the commit to the current branch.
• Uses the new tag to create a GitHub release for master branch only.

prerequisites

In order to utilize this workflow you must use at least the develop and master branches. In addition, you must allow your github action (via GITHUB_TOKEN) to both read and write to your repo. To do so, simply do the following in Settings -> Actions -> General: