SimpleSemver

Github Action to create a new version and release notes from commit messages

Create commits with prefixes as follows:

prefix	version increment
fix:	patch - 0.0.X
feat:	minor - 0.X.0
feat! or fix!	major - X.0.0

Any other prefixes do not change the version. for example you may use chore: for readme updates.

Only prefixes fix! feat! fix: feat: chore: are removed from the commit message when parsed into release notes.

The action creates release notes that look like this:

Breaking Changes

• initial commit (5171b04)

Features

• testing partial ci workflow (526cbfd)
• create a release automatically (7b62781)

Fixes

• do not reinitialize websocket every time (6fb5826)
• remove obsoleted version (9364747)

Other

• moved gitignore (38b4319)
• readme typo (14b622a)
• bump version to v1.13.18 (33c87cc)

Use in your workflow:

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  semver-action:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      version: ${{ steps.semver-action.outputs.version }}
      release-notes: ${{ steps.semver-action.outputs.release-notes }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Semver Action
        id: semver-action
        uses: builder555/simple-semver@v3
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      # For the next 2 steps make sure you enable Read and Write (settings > actions > general > Workflow permissions)
      - name: Commit version changes
        if: steps.semver-action.outputs.version != ''
        run: |
        git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
        git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
        git tag -f v${{ steps.semver-action.outputs.major }} -m "Creating release v${{ steps.semver-action.outputs.major }}" 2>/dev/null || true
        git tag -a v${{ steps.semver-action.outputs.version }} -m "Creating release v${{ steps.semver-action.outputs.version }}"
      - name: Push changes
        if: steps.semver-action.outputs.version != ''
        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          branch: ${{ github.ref }}
          tags: true