- 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.
Even the user set Git credentials via environment variable, use the configured URL (with authentication) if it works.
This allow users to push tags and commits via ssh while still using the GitHub/GitLab API.
- 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).
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`.
- Add a new plugin type: `publish`
- Add support for multi-plugin. A plugin module can now return an object with a property for each plugin type
- Uses by default [npm](https://github.com/semantic-release/npm) and [github](https://github.com/semantic-release/github) in addition of Travis for the verify condition plugin
- Uses by default [npm](https://github.com/semantic-release/npm) and [github](https://github.com/semantic-release/github) for the publish plugin
- `gitTag` if one can be found is passed to `generateNotes` for both `lastRelease` and `nextRelease`
- `semantic-release` now verifies the plugin configuration (in the `release` property of `package.json`) and throws an error if it's invalid
- `semantic-release` now verifies each plugin output and will throw an error if a plugin returns an unexpected value.
BREAKING CHANGE: `githubToken`, `githubUrl` and `githubApiPathPrefix` have to be set at the [github](https://github.com/semantic-release/github) plugin level. They can be set via `GH_TOKEN`, `GH_URL` and `GH_PREFIX` environment variables.
BREAKING CHANGE: the `npm` parameter is not passed to any plugin anymore. Each plugin have to read `.npmrc` if they needs to (with https://github.com/kevva/npm-conf for example).
