go-release

Build wrapper to automate version tagging and incrementing. Supports the following standard build flow:

Overeview

• Run verification build (optional)
• Tag git with current version
• Run release build (if applicable)
• Increment the version and commit
• Push to origin (optional)

Install

Install the package as follows:

go get -u github.com/activatedio/go-release

Create a file .version in your go project with the current version.

v1.0.0

Create a .go-release.yaml file in your project with build defintions:

---
verify: go test ./...

Configuration

Support yaml values are:

Name	Description
increment	Version to incremenet - major
verify	Command to run before tagging the project
perform	Command to run to perform release
skip-push	Skip push to origin

The verify command is recommeded to check the project via compliation and any automated tests.

The perform command is used for projects which require a build step to release. Projects such as go modules generally to not require this.

Help

Output of go-release --help

Usage: go-release <command> [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help                          Show context-sensitive help.
      --increment=STRING              version increment level - patch|minor|major - defaults to minor
      --skip-push                     skip git push after commit
      --skip-clean-workspace-check    skip check for a clean workspace

Commands:
  verify [flags]
    verify release but do not perform

  perform [flags]
    perform release

Usage

To check the release before performing

go-release check

Perform the release

go-release perform