- Allow to run semantic-release (via API) from anywhere passing the current working directory.
- Allows to simplify the tests and to run them in parallel in both the core and plugins.
Each `generateNotes` plugin will be called in the order defined and will receive the concatenation of the previous one in `nextRelease.notes`.
That gives each plugin the ability to test if there is a notes part that will precede it's own.
Each plugin is expected to return it's own part of the release notes only. **semantic-release** will take care of concatenating all the notes parts.
Always return an `Array` from a pipeline simplify the function utilization as it's more deterministic. Previously, it would return/throw a single value/error when called with a single input and an `Array` of results/errors when called with an `Array` of input.
In case the authentication token provided is unauthorized the call to `isBranchUpToDate` will fail due to lack of read permission if that URL is used. As a result the error about outdated local branch will be reported instead of the one about missing permission.
By using the original (unauthenticated) URL `isBranchUpToDate` shouldn't fail due to permission as it requires only read permissions, that are necessarly present as the CI wass able to clone the repo.
BREAKING CHANGE: Committing or creating files in the `publish` plugin hook is not supported anymore and now must be done in the `prepare` hook
Plugins with a `publish` hook that makes a commit or create a file that can be committed must use the `prepare` hook.
- Allow `publish` plugins to return an `Object` with information related to the releases
- Add the `success` plugin hook, called when all `publish` are successful, receiving a list of release
- Add the `fail` plugin hook, called when an error happens at any point, receiving a list of errors
- Add detailed message for each error
- Remove the `getLastRelease` plugin type
- Retrieve the last release based on Git tags
- Create the next release Git tag before calling the `publish` plugins
BREAKING CHANGE: Remove the `getLastRelease` plugin type
The `getLastRelease` plugins will not be called anymore.
BREAKING CHANGE: Git repository authentication is now mandatory
The Git authentication is now mandatory and must be set via `GH_TOKEN`, `GITHUB_TOKEN`, `GL_TOKEN`, `GITLAB_TOKEN` or `GIT_CREDENTIALS` as described in [CI configuration](https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/blob/caribou/docs/usage/ci-configuration.md#authentication).
- Remove `@semantic-release/condition-travis` from the default plugins
- Verify the current branch in the core
- Verify the build is not triggered by a PR in the core
- Run in dry-run mode if not triggered on CI
- Dry-run mode runs the `verifyConditions` plugins, allowing to detect configuration error locally
- Return without error when no version has to be released due to no changes
- Return without error if the build is triggered from a PR
- Return without error if the current branch is not the configured branch
- CLI return with exit code 1 if there is a `semanticReleaseError`, allowing to fail builds in case of config error, missing token etc...
BREAKING CHANGE: `semantic-release` doesn't make sure it runs only on one Travis job anymore.
The CI configuration has to be done such that `semantic-release`
- runs only once per build
- runs only after all tests are successful on every jobs of the build
- runs on Node >=8
This can easily be done with [travis-deploy-once](https://github.com/semantic-release/travis-deploy-once).
Migration Guide
Modify your `.travis.yml` to use `travis-deploy-once`.
Replace:
```yaml
after_success:
- npm run semantic-release
```
by:
Replace
```yaml
after_success:
- npm install -g travis-deploy-once@4
- travis-deploy-once "npm run semantic-release"
```
Adds the options `extends`, which can be defined via configuration file or CLI arguments to a single path or an array of paths of shareable configuration.
A shareable configuration is a file or a module that can be loaded with `require`.
Options is defined by merging in the following order of priority:
- CLI/API
- Configuration file
- Shareable configuration (from right to left)
Options set in a shareable configuration can be unset by setting it to `null` or `undefined` in the main configuration file. If a default value applies to this property it will be used.
- Do not rely on `package.json` anymore
- Use `cosmiconfig` to load the configation. `semantic-release` can be configured:
- via CLI options (including plugin names but not plugin options)
- in the `release` property of `package.json` (as before)
- in a `.releaserc.yml` or `.releaserc.js` or `.releaserc.js` or `release.config.js` file
- in a `.releaserc` file containing `json`, `yaml` or `javascript` module
- Add the `repositoryUrl` options (used across `semantic-release` and plugins). The value is determined from CLi option, or option configuration, or package.json or the git remote url
- Verifies that `semantic-release` runs from a git repository
- `pkg` and `env` are not passed to plugin anymore
- `semantic-release` can be run both locally and globally. If ran globally with non default plugins, the plugins can be installed both globally or locally.
BREAKING CHANGE: `pkg` and `env` are not passed to plugin anymore.
Plugins relying on a `package.json` must verify the presence of a valid `package.json` and load it.
Plugins can use `process.env` instead of `env`.