- Add only the most recent release to a channel (rather than adding all the one not added yet)
- Avoid attempting to ad the version twice in case that version is already present in multiple upper branches
- Allow to configure multiple branches to release from
- Allow to define a distribution channel associated with each branch
- Manage the availability on distribution channels based on git merges
- Support regular releases, maintenance releases and pre-releases
- Add the `addChannel` plugin step to make an existing release available on a different distribution channel
BREAKING CHANGE: the `branch` option has been removed in favor of `branches`
The new `branches` option expect either an Array or a single branch definition. To migrate your configuration:
- If you want to publish package from multiple branches, please the configuration documentation
- If you use the default configuration and want to publish only from `master`: nothing to change
- If you use the `branch` configuration and want to publish only from one branch: replace `branch` by `branches` (`"branch": "my-release-branch"` => `"branches": "my-release-branch"`)
- 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.
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"
```
