the performance and readability of reduce is not a concern in this project since maintainers are
familiar with the idiom and are iterating over small lists. the filter rule is disabled selectively
since the filter being identified is not Array.filter
closes#2403
BREAKING CHANGE: this feature change the way semantic-release keep track of the channels on which a version has been released.
It now use a JSON object stored in a [Git note](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-notes) instead of Git tags formatted as v{version}@{channel}.
The tags formatted as v{version}@{channel} will now be ignored. If you have made releases with v16.0.0 on branches other than the default one you will have to update your repository.
The changes to make consist in:
- Finding all the versions that have been released on a branch other than the default one by searching for all tags formatted v{version}@{channel}
- For each of those version:
- Create a tag without the {@channel} if none doesn't already exists
- Add a Git note to the tag without the {@channel} containing the channels on which the version was released formatted as `{"channels":["channel1","channel2"]}` and using `null` for the default channel (for example.`{"channels":[null,"channel1","channel2"]}`)
- Push the tags and notes
- Update the GitHub releases that refer to a tag formatted as v{version}@{channel} to use the tag without it
- Delete the tags formatted as v{version}@{channel}
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
