Version Bump Prompt

Automate your release process with a single command that can:

• Prompt for the type of version bump

• Bump the version number any file, including:

  • package.json
  • package-lock.json
  • config files
  • source code files
  • ReadMe files
  • license files

• Run your preversion, version, and postversion scripts

• Commit changes to git

• Tag the commit with the version number

• Push the commit to remote

Installation

You can install version-bump-prompt via npm.

npm install -g @jsdevtools/version-bump-prompt

Usage

bump [release] [options] [files...]

Automatically (or with prompts) bump your version number, commit changes, tag, and push to Git

release:
  The release version or type.  Can be one of the following:
   - A semver version number (ex: 1.23.456)
   - prompt: Prompt for the version number (this is the default)
   - major: Increase major version
   - minor: Increase minor version
   - patch: Increase patch version
   - premajor: Increase major version, pre-release
   - preminor: Increase preminor version, pre-release
   - prepatch: Increase prepatch version, pre-release
   - prerelease: Increase prerelease version

options:
  --preid <name>            The identifier for prerelease versions.
                            Defaults to "beta".

  -c, --commit [message]    Commit changed files to Git.
                            Defaults to "release vX.X.X".

  -t, --tag [tag]           Tag the commit in Git.
                            The Default tag is "vX.X.X"

  -p, --push                Push the Git commit.

  -a, --all                 Commit/tag/push ALL pending files,
                            not just the ones that were bumped.
                            (same as "git commit -a")

  --no-verify               Bypass Git commit hooks
                            (same as "git commit --no-verify")

  -v, --version             Show the version number

  -q, --quiet               Suppress unnecessary output

  -h, --help                Show usage information

  --ignore-scripts          Bypass version scripts

files...
  One or more files and/or globs to bump (ex: README.md *.txt docs/**/*).
  Defaults to package.json and package-lock.json.

Examples

Default Behavior (no arguments)

bump

When run without any arguments, the bump command will do the following:

• Prompt the user to select the bump type (major, minor, prerelease, etc.)
• Update the version number in package.json and package-lock.json
• Run any npm version scripts (preversion, version, or postversion)
• It will NOT commit, tag, or push to git.

Bump Without Prompting

You can specify an explicit version number:

bump 1.23.456
bump 1.23.456-beta.1

Or you can specify a release type:

bump major
bump patch
bump prerelease

For pre-releases, the default identifier is "beta". You can change it using the --preid argument:

bump premajor --preid alpha

All of the above commands do the following:

• Update the version number in package.json and package-lock.json
• Run any npm version scripts (preversion, version, or postversion)
• It will NOT commit, tag, or push to git.

Git Commit

You can use the --commit argument by itself to prompt the user for the version number. If you don't specify a commit message, then it defaults to "release vX.X.X". If you do specify a commit message, then the version number will be appended to it. Or you can insert %s placeholders in the message, and they'll be replaced with the version number instead.

bump --commit
bump --commit "This is release v"
bump --commit "The v%s release"

You can also specify a release type instead of prompting the user:

bump major --commit
bump minor --commit "This is release v"
bump patch --commit "The v%s release"

The above commands do the following:

• Update the version number in package.json and package-lock.json
• Run any npm version scripts (preversion, version, or postversion)
• Commit the package.json and package-lock.json files to git
• The commit will NOT be tagged
• The commit will NOT be pushed to the remote

Git Tag

The --commit argument does not tag the commit by default. You can use the --tag argument to do that. You can optionally specify a tag name, which can contain %s placeholders, just like the commit message.

You don't need to specify the --commit argument, since it's implied by --tag. Unless you want to customize the commit message.

bump --tag
bump major --tag "v%s tag"
bump patch --commit "release v" --tag "v"

The above commands do the following:

• Update the version number in package.json and package-lock.json
• Run any npm version scripts (preversion, version, or postversion)
• Commit the package.json and package-lock.json files to git
• Tag the commit
• The commit will NOT be pushed to the remote

Git Push

The --push argument pushes the git commit and tags.

bump --commit --push
bump major --tag --push
bump patch --tag "v%s tag" --push
bump prerelease --commit "release v" --tag "v" --push

Specifying Files to Update

All of the bump commands shown above operate on the package.json and package-lock.json files by default. You can specify a custom list of files and/or glob patterns to update instead.

Note: If you specify your own file list, then the package.json and package-lock.json files will not be updated by default. You need to explicitly include them in your file list if you want them updated.

bump README.md
bump package.json package-lock.json README.md
bump *.json *.md

Version Scripts

version-bump-prompt will execute your preversion, version, and postversion scripts, just like the npm version command does. If your package.json file contains any or all of these scripts, then they will be executed in the following order:

• The preversion script runs before the version is updated (and before the version prompt is shown)
• The version script runs after the version is updated, but before git commit and git tag
• The postversion script runs after git commit and git tag, but before git push

Contributing

Contributions, enhancements, and bug-fixes are welcome! Open an issue on GitHub and submit a pull request.

Building

To build the project locally on your computer:

1. Clone this repo
   git clone https://github.com/JS-DevTools/version-bump-prompt.git

2. Install dependencies
   npm install

3. Build the code
   npm run build

4. Run the tests
   npm test

License

Version Bump Prompt is 100% free and open-source, under the MIT license. Use it however you want.

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