conventional-release-setup

Sets up an npm project for committing and releasing with Conventional Commits:

npx conventional-release-setup

Install

Install the CLI globally:

# with npm
npm install --global conventional-release-setup

# with yarn
yarn global add conventional-release-setup

Usage

If the CLI is installed globally, you can execute it in the command-line:

conventional-release-setup

Otherwise, you can install and execute the CLI like so:

npx conventional-release-setup

Explanation

The script:

• updates package.json:
  • version
    • appends -alpha
  • scripts
    • prepends release with husky install
• installs devDependencies:
  • @commitlint/cli - lints commit messages
  • @commitlint/config-conventional - config with conventional commits rules
  • husky - sets up git hooks
  • standard-version - generates changelog, bumps version, and creates git commit and tag
• copies the config:
  • .commitlintrc.json
• adds husky hook commit-msg

If the package is not private, the script also:

• updates package.json scripts:
  • prepends pinst --enable to postpublish
  • prepends pinst --disable to prepublishOnly
• installs devDependency:
  • pinst - lets you have postinstall hook that runs only in dev

Release

If -alpha is appended to your package.json version:

{
  "version": "1.0.0-alpha"
}

You can run a release like so:

npm run release # npx standard-version --no-verify

Otherwise, you can release as a target type imperatively:

npx standard-version --release-as 1.0.0

Or if you want to use the current version as your first release:

npx standard-version --first-release

Lint

Lint files:

npm run lint

Fix lint errors:

npm run lint:fix

Release

Only collaborators with credentials can release and publish:

npm run release
git push --follow-tags && npm publish

License

MIT