Each release step is implemented by configurable plugins. This allows for support of different commit message formats, release note generators and publishing platforms.
A plugin is a npm module that can implement one or more of the following steps:
Step | Required | Description |
---|---|---|
verifyConditions |
No | Responsible for verifying conditions necessary to proceed with the release: configuration is correct, authentication token are valid, etc... |
analyzeCommits |
Yes | Responsible for determining the type of the next release (major , minor or patch ). If multiple plugins with a analyzeCommits step are defined, the release type will be the highest one among plugins output. |
verifyRelease |
No | Responsible for verifying the parameters (version, type, dist-tag etc...) of the release that is about to be published. |
generateNotes |
No | Responsible for generating the content of the release note. If multiple plugins with a generateNotes step are defined, the release notes will be the result of the concatenation of each plugin output. |
prepare |
No | Responsible for preparing the release, for example creating or updating files such as package.json , CHANGELOG.md , documentation or compiled assets and pushing a commit. |
publish |
No | Responsible for publishing the release. |
success |
No | Responsible for notifying of a new release. |
fail |
No | Responsible for notifying of a failed release. |
Note: If no plugin with a analyzeCommits
step is defined @semantic-release/commit-analyzer
will be used.
See available plugins.
Each plugin must be installed and configured with the plugins
options by specifying the list of plugins by npm module name.
$ npm install @semantic-release/commit-analyzer @semantic-release/release-notes-generator @semantic-release/npm -D
{
"plugins": ["@semantic-release/commit-analyzer", "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator", "@semantic-release/npm"]
}
For each release step the plugins that implement that step will be executed in the order in which the are defined.
{
"plugins": [
"@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
"@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
"@semantic-release/npm",
"@semantic-release/git"
]
}
With this configuration semantic-release will:
- execute the
verifyConditions
implementation of@semantic-release/npm
then@semantic-release/git
- execute the
analyzeCommits
implementation of@semantic-release/commit-analyzer
- execute the
prepare
implementation of@semantic-release/npm
then@semantic-release/git
- execute the
generateNotes
implementation of@semantic-release/release-notes-generator
- execute the
publish
implementation of@semantic-release/npm
A plugin options can specified by wrapping the name and an options object in an array. Options configured this way will be passed only to that specific plugin.
Global plugin options can defined at the root of the semantic-release configuration object. Options configured this way will be passed to all plugins.
{
"plugins": [
"@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
"@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
["@semantic-release/github", {
"assets": ["dist/**"]
}],
"@semantic-release/git"
],
"preset": "angular"
}
With this configuration:
- All plugins will receive the
preset
option, which will be used by both@semantic-release/commit-analyzer
and@semantic-release/release-notes-generator
(and ignored by@semantic-release/github
and@semantic-release/git
) - The
@semantic-release/github
plugin will receive theassets
options (@semantic-release/git
will not receive it and therefore will use it's default value for that option)