Using semantic-release to automate releases and changelogs

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  • conventional-changelog

    Generate changelogs and release notes from a project's commit messages and metadata.

  • conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits is a package used for creating conventional commits and has a bit more configuration possibilities with changelogs in contrast to the default Angular commit scheme.

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  • gitlab

    :fox_face: semantic-release plugin to publish a GitLab release (by semantic-release)

  • @semantic-release/gitlab to publish GitLab releases

  • semver

    Semantic Versioning Specification

  • Semantic Versioning: An established convention for version numbers following the pattern MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH

  • git

    :twisted_rightwards_arrows: semantic-release plugin to commit release assets to the project's git repository (by semantic-release)

  • @semantic-release/git to commit changes to the Git repository, e.g., an updated package.json version or updates to changelog files

  • npm

    :ship: semantic-release plugin to publish a npm package (by semantic-release)

  • @semantic-release/npm to publish npm packages in a public or private registry

  • commit-analyzer

    :bulb: semantic-release plugin to analyze commits with conventional-changelog

  • @semantic-release/commit-analyzer to analyze commit messages with respect to conventional commit conventions

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • gitlab-config

    :fox_face: Semantic-release shareable config for GitLab

  • Another approach to set up semantic-release for GitLab is to just install the package semantic-release/gitlab-config, which represents a shareable config that comes with the following:

  • v4

  • # ~/.npmrc @doppelmutzi:registry=https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects//packages/npm/ //gitlab.com/api/v4/projects//packages/npm/:_authToken=

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