@open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config

Description

The npm package @open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config is designed to help npm packages auto-release to npm or ghcr registries while generating github releases and changelog using conventional commit convention.

Version 2 supports alpha and beta pre-releases using coresponding branches.

Dependencies

This package uses the following modules:

• @semantic-release/commit-analyzer
• @semantic-release/release-notes-generator
• conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits
• @semantic-release/changelog
• @semantic-release/npm
• @google/semantic-release-replace-plugin
• semantic-release-license
• @semantic-release/git
• @semantic-release/github
• @eclass/semantic-release-docker
• @semantic-release/exec
• execa

🖥️ Requirements

Most important limitations are:

• GITHUB_TOKEN for everything
• NPM_TOKEN for public npm library
• docker containers need to be built beforehand

You can skip here if you are using elevated Private Access Token, however we don't recommend going down that path.

No force push or admin cherries branch protections for the following branches:

• main - required
• alpha - optional, pre-release branch
• beta - optional, pre-release branch
• next - optional, next channel
• next-major - optional, next major
• vX[.X.X] - maintenance releases

If you use more than the main branch, optionally create an environment that is limiting where pushes can come from and enable the merge strategy.

We are using production in our examples, if you copy paste them you will find this new environment generated in your settings! 🍕

🧪 GitHub actions usage

Since version 3 it is possible to use semantic-release without any trace of it or the open-sauced configuration anywhere in the dependency tree.

Docker containers are pushed as part of the release so they mirror the availability of npm packages.

The simplest use case for a typical NPM package, almost zero install downtime from ghcr and no more local tooling:

name: "Release container"

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  release:
    environment:
      name: production
      url: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "☁️ checkout repository"
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: "🚀 release"
        id: semantic-release
        uses: docker://ghcr.io/open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config:3.0.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

      - name: "♻️ cleanup"
        run: |
          echo ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
          echo ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}

Marketplace actions should default to the major tag and are essentially more stable as we have to curate every release.

A more traditional approach, only thing really different here is a minor pull overhead and using set outputs instead of environment variables:

name: "Release"

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  release:
    environment:
      name: production
      url: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/${{ steps.semantic-release.outputs.release-tag }}
    name: Semantic release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "☁️ checkout repository"
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: "🚀 release"
        id: semantic-release
        uses: open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config@v3
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

      - name: "♻️ cleanup"
        run: |
          echo ${{ steps.semantic-release.outputs.release-tag }}
          echo ${{ steps.semantic-release.outputs.release-version }}

📦 NPM usage

You can opt to use this package in your local tooling. Proceed as you would normally would, replacing npm with your package manager of choice and install the package:

npm install --save-dev @open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config

The shareable config can then be configured in the semantic-release configuration file:

{
  "extends": "@open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config"
}

Now all you need to do is create a release:

npx semantic-release

🔧 Configuration

See each plugin documentation for required installation and configuration steps.

NPM

Set private to true in package.json if you want to disable npm, or, change the scope of package using publishConfig.

Keep one of files or main keys in your package.json accurate depending on whether you are building a library or an application.

If you publish, make sure to also provide a valid NPM_TOKEN as .npmrc authentication is ignored in our config!

GitHub Actions

Unless you have an action.yml present in your root folder, this module is not added to the release config.

If you have an action.yml present, our config will attempt to adjust the container version to the newly pushed npm and docker tags.

Docker

Unless you have a Dockerfile present in your root folder, this module is not added to the release config.

If you have a Dockerfile present, our config will attempt to push to ghcr.io.

Environment variables

Using our configuration comes with some sensible defaults:

• DOCKER_USERNAME=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER
• DOCKER_PASSWORD=$GITHUB_TOKEN
• GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="open-sauced[bot]"
• GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="63161813+open-sauced[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
• GIT_AUTHOR_NAME - parsed from commit $GITHUB_SHA
• GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL - parsed from commit $GITHUB_SHA

Feel free to change any of the above to whatever suits your purpose, our motivation is to keep GITHUB_TOKEN and/or NPM_TOKEN the only necessary requirements.

We are actively investigating ways to drop the 2 remaining variables as well!

Workflow examples

Node application

This example requires "private": true, in your package.json and simplifies the workflow to lightning fast deployment:

release:
  environment:
    name: production
    url: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
  name: Semantic release
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  steps:
    - name: "☁️ checkout repository"
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        fetch-depth: 0

    - name: "🔧 setup node"
      uses: actions/setup-node@v2.1.5
      with:
        node-version: 16

    - name: "🔧 install npm@latest"
      run: npm i -g npm@latest

    - name: "📦 install dependencies"
      uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1

    - name: "🚀 static app"
      run: npm run build

    - name: "🚀 release"
      id: semantic-release
      uses: docker://ghcr.io/open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config:3.0.0
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Npm library

For npm libraries we need to set the environment URL manually and set a NPM_TOKEN environment variable. This also disables docker builds:

name: "Release"

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  release:
    environment:
      name: npm
      url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config/v/${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
    name: Semantic release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "☁️ checkout repository"
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: "🔧 setup node"
        uses: actions/setup-node@v2.1.5
        with:
          node-version: 16

      - name: "🔧 install npm@latest"
        run: npm i -g npm@latest

      - name: "📦 install dependencies"
        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1

      - name: "🚀 release"
        id: semantic-release
        uses: docker://ghcr.io/open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config:3.0.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

An up-to-date version of the example above is available at @open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config.

Docker image

For docker builds it's best to build your node application in parallel with the container and re-use the artifact at a later stage:

name: "Release"

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  docker:
    name: Build container
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "☁️ checkout repository"
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: "🔧 setup buildx"
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1

      - name: "🔧 cache docker layers"
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
          path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ github.sha }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-

      - name: "🔧 docker meta"
        id: meta
        uses: docker/metadata-action@v3
        with:
          images: ${{ github.repository }}
          tags: latest

      - name: "📦 docker build"
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          context: .
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
          outputs: type=docker,dest=/tmp/docker.tar
          push: false
          cache-from: type=gha, scope=${{ github.workflow }}
          cache-to: type=gha, scope=${{ github.workflow }}

      - name: "📂 docker artifacts"
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: docker
          path: /tmp/docker.tar

  build:
    name: Build application
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "☁️ checkout repository"
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: "🔧 setup node"
        uses: actions/setup-node@v2.1.5
        with:
          node-version: 16

      - name: "🔧 install npm@latest"
        run: npm i -g npm@latest

      - name: "📦 install dependencies"
        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1

      - name: "📊 repository visualizer"
        id: diagram
        uses: githubocto/repo-visualizer@0.7.1
        with:
          excluded_paths: "node_modules,build,.storybook,.netlify,.github,npm-shrinkwap.json"
          output_file: "public/diagram.svg"
          should_push: false
          artifact_name: "diagram"

      - name: "🚀 static app"
        run: npm run build

      - name: "📂 production artifacts"
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: build
          path: build

  release:
    environment:
      name: production
      url: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
    name: Semantic release
    needs:
      - docker
      - build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "☁️ checkout repository"
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: "📂 download docker artifacts"
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: docker
          path: /tmp

      - name: "📦 load tag"
        run: |
          docker load --input /tmp/docker.tar
          docker image ls -a

      - name: "📂 download build artifacts"
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: build
          path: /tmp/build

      - name: "🚀 release"
        id: semantic-release
        uses: docker://ghcr.io/open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config:3.0.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  cleanup:
    name: Cleanup actions
    needs:
      - release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "♻️ remove build artifacts"
        uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@v1
        with:
          name: |
            build
            docker

An up-to-date version of the example above is available at open-sauced/open-sauced.

Pre-releases

This workflow requires the creation of alpha and beta protected branches while templating every commit to be conventional. It does not support squashing without creating extremely complex conflict resolution:

name: "Release"

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
      - beta
      - alpha

jobs:
  release:
    environment:
      name: npm
      url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/open-sauced-semantic-config-test/v/${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}
    name: Semantic release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "☁️ checkout repository"
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: "🚀 release"
        id: semantic-release
        uses: docker://ghcr.io/open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config:3.0.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

FAQ

Which assets are pushed to git

The following assets are added to git using @semantic-release/git:

{
  "assets": [
    "LICENSE",
    "LICENSE.md",
    "COPYING",
    "COPYING.md",
    "CHANGELOG.md",
    "package.json",
    "package-lock.json",
    "npm-shrinkwrap.json",
    "public/diagram.svg",
    "action.yml"
  ]
}

What is the commit convention

The following commit rules are enforced by @semantic-release/commit-analyzer:

{
  "preset": "conventionalcommits",
  "releaseRules": [
    { "type": "build", "release": "minor" },
    { "type": "ci", "release": "patch" },
    { "type": "docs", "release": "minor" },
    { "type": "style", "release": "patch" },
    { "type": "refactor", "release": "patch" },
    { "type": "test", "release": "patch" },
    { "type": "revert", "release": "patch" },
    { "type": "chore", "release": false }
  ],
  "parserOpts": {
    "noteKeywords": ["BREAKING CHANGE", "BREAKING CHANGES", "BREAKING"]
  }
}

How to enrich the static distribution

The following assets are packed into the github release download using @semantic-release/github:

{
  "assets": [
    {
      "path": "pack/*.tgz",
      "label": "Static distribution"
    }
  ]
}

How to start using pre-releases

Create the alpha and/or beta branches and protect them from being deleted or pushed to directly by non-administrators.

Switch your branching strategy to merge and enable conventional commits checking.

You will have to resolve merge conflicts between alpha, beta and main branches as described in the semantic-releases recipes.

Contributing

We're always happy to onboard people into open source!

Check out the repository at @open-sauced/semantic-release-conventional-config ❤️