semantic version utility

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semantic version utility (svu) is a small helper for release scripts and workflows.

It provides utility commands and functions to increase specific portions of the version. It can also figure the next version out automatically by looking through the git history.

Tip

Read the spec for more information.

usage

Check svu --help for the list of sub-commands and flags.

next, n

This is probably the command you'll use the most.

It checks your git log, and automatically increases and returns the new version based on this table:

Commit message	Tag increase
chore: foo	Nothing
fix: fixed something	Patch
feat: added new button to do X	Minor
fix: fixed thing xyz BREAKING CHANGE: this will break users because of blah	Major
fix!: fixed something	Major
feat!: added blah	Major

Tip

You can create an alias to create tags automatically:

alias gtn='git tag $(svu next)'

configuration

Every flag option can also be set in a .svu.yml in the current directory/repository root folder, for example:

tag.prefix: ""
always: true
v0: true

Names are the same as the flags themselves.

install

macOS

brew install caarlos0/tap/svu

linux/apt

echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://apt.fury.io/caarlos0/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/caarlos0.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install svu

linux/yum

echo '[caarlos0]
name=caarlos0
baseurl=https://yum.fury.io/caarlos0/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0' | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/caarlos0.repo
sudo yum install svu

docker

docker run --rm -v $PWD:/tmp --workdir /tmp ghcr.io/caarlos0/svu --help

go install

go install github.com/caarlos0/svu/v3@latest

manually

Or download one from the releases tab and install manually.

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