Add support for releasing as a Debian package

README.md

@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ For detailed explanation on how things work, consult the [docs for vue-loader](h
 Please follow the Vue style guide for all development:
 https://vuejs.org/v2/style-guide/#ad
 
-# Production
+# Production Releases
 
-Create the distribution file
-``` bash
-npm run build
-```
+* Ensure all changes have been merged and are pulled into the local copy.
+* Update the version number and tag the new version with: `npm version <new-version>`
+* Push the tag to Github: `git push origin <version>`
+* Build the deb package: `nfpm pkg -t cacophony-web-vuex_<version>.deb`
+* Upload the resulting package to the [Github Releases](https://github.com/TheCacophonyProject/cacophony-web-vuex/releases) for cacophony-web-vuex
 
-The index.html file in the root of the project should be served via a web server, an express example might look as follows:
+The index.html file in the root of the distribution should be served
+via a web server. An express example might look as follows:
 
 ```javascript
 const express = require('express');

nfpm.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: "cacophony-web-vuex"
+arch: "amd64"
+platform: "linux"
+version: "0.0.0"
+maintainer: "Cacophony Developers <dev@cacophony.org.nz>"
+description: |
+  Web interface for the Cacophony Project API
+vendor: "The Cacophony Project"
+homepage: https://github.com/TheCacophonyProject
+license: "GPLv3"
+files:
+  ./index.html: "/srv/cacophony/cacophony-web-vuex/"
+  ./dist/*: "/srv/cacophony/cacophony-web-vuex/dist/"

package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
     "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test jest",
     "test:watch": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test npm run test -- --watch",
     "lint": "eslint ./src --ext .js,.vue",
-    "lint-fix": "eslint ./src --fix --ext .js,.vue"
+    "lint-fix": "eslint ./src --fix --ext .js,.vue",
+    "preversion": "npm test",
+    "version": "./update-nfpm-version"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^1.2.1",

update-nfpm-version

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script writes the version number in $npm_package_version into
+# the correct place in nfpm.yaml. It is called by a script target in
+# packages.json.
+
+perl -pi -e "s/^version:.+/version: \"$npm_package_version\"/" nfpm.yaml
+git add nfpm.yaml