gh-calver-release

Create a Release PR and a Release using calver

Overview

There are cases where you want to release a website or application with calendar versioning. This tool can be used in such cases and is supposed to be used with GitHub Actions. Inspired from git-pr-release and github-pr-release.

You can run gh-calver-release create:pr on any event such as workflow_dispatch. This will create a pull request for release. The description of the Pull Request will be created using the Automatically generated release notes feature. You can also customize the description using .github/release.yml. See further configuration options.

The gh-calver-release create:release is executed when the release PR is merged. In fact, releases are also created when a hotfix enters the base branch directly. This command will create a release with the tag of calendar versioning.

Usage

gh-calver-release create:pr

Create a file named .github/workflows/create-release-pr.yml. (You can change the file name if you like.)

name: Create Release PR
on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5
    steps:
    - name: Create release pull request
      run: |
        npx gh-calver-release create:pr --repo ${{ github.repository }} --base main --head develop
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

$ gh-calver-release create:pr --help
gh-calver-release create:pr

Create release pull request

Options:
      --repo     The name of the owner and repository. The name is not case sensitive. (e.g. owner/repo)  [string] [required]
      --base     The name of the branch you want the changes pulled into. This should be an existing branch on the current repository.  [string] [required]
      --head     The name of the branch where your changes are implemented.  [string] [required]
      --format   Pick favorite format from https://github.com/muratgozel/node-calver#choose-format. The default is "yyyy.0m.0d.minor".  [string]
      --level    If the format has been changed, the level must also be changed to the appropriate one. The default is "calendar.minor".  [string]
  -h, --help     Show help  [boolean]
  -v, --version  Show version number  [boolean]

Examples:
  gh-calver-release create:pr --repo "banyan/gh-calver-release" --base "main" --head "develop"                                                       Specify only required argument usage
  gh-calver-release create:pr --repo "banyan/gh-calver-release" --base "main" --head "develop" --format "yyyy.0m.0d.minor" --level "calendar.minor"  Specify additional format and level usage

gh-calver-release create:release

Create a file named .github/workflows/create-release.yml. (You can change the file name if you like.)

name: Create Release
on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main # base branch
    types:
      - closed

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5
    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true # detect when pull request is merged
    steps:
    - name: Create release
      run: |
        npx gh-calver-release create:release --repo ${{ github.repository }} --target_commitish main --pull_number ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

$ gh-calver-release create:release --help
gh-calver-release create:release

Create release

Options:
      --repo              The name of the owner and repository. The name is not case sensitive.  [string] [required]
      --target_commitish  Specifies the commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists.  [string] [required]
      --pull_number       The number that identifies the pull request.  [number] [required]
      --format            Pick favorite format from https://github.com/muratgozel/node-calver#choose-format. The default is "yyyy.0m.0d.minor".  [string]
      --level             If the format has been changed, the level must also be changed to the appropriate one. The default is "calendar.minor".  [string]
  -h, --help              Show help  [boolean]
  -v, --version           Show version number  [boolean]

Examples:
  gh-calver-release create:release --repo "banyan/gh-calver-release" --target_commitish "main" --pull_number 1                                                        Specify only required argument usage
  gh-calver-release create:release  --repo "banyan/gh-calver-release" --target_commitish "main" --pull_number 1 --format "yyyy.0m.0d.minor" --level "calendar.minor"  Specify additional format and level usage

Example

https://github.com/banyan/gh-calver-release-example

• Release PR: https://github.com/banyan/gh-calver-release-example/pull/3
• Release: https://github.com/banyan/gh-calver-release-example/releases/tag/2022.09.27.0

Caveats

• When you run gh-calver-release create:pr, both base branch and head branch must be existed.
• For example, suppose that a release PR is created and then merged one day later. The version of the release PR title at that time is temporary, and the correct version will be set at the time of the actual release. The title of the Pull Request will also be updated.