Support path/subdirectory filtering in releases set-commits for monorepo setups

[dalnoki]

Problem Statement

Currently, sentry-cli releases set-commits associates commits at the repository level only. The --commit flag accepts REPO@SHA or REPO@prev-sha..current-sha but has no option to filter commits by path or subdirectory.

For monorepo setups where multiple apps share a single repository, this means a release for a specific app (e.g. an Expo mobile app) will include commits from unrelated areas of the repo (e.g. backend, web) within the same range.

Solution Brainstorm

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[linear-code]

CLI-339

[szokeasaurusrex]

I am transferring this issue over to the repository for our new Sentry CLI, as that CLI also supports release creation, but does not yet appear to support the subdirectory filtering requested here.

[betegon]

thanks for filling this @dalnoki . We're working on it, we'll probably introduce it with a --path to be able to do something like --path apps/mobile and multiple paths with separated commas --path apps/mobile,apps/shared

[betegon]

just merged this @dalnoki ! you can try it out by upgrading to our nightly channel: sentry cli upgrade nightly.

for context, every commit go into nightly first. Once we cut a release, it gets promoted to the stable channel, so this will be available there soon too.

Let us know if you find it useful!

[ryanpato]

thanks for filling this @dalnoki . We're working on it, we'll probably introduce it with a --path to be able to do something like --path apps/mobile and multiple paths with separated commas --path apps/mobile,apps/shared

Thanks for the quick turnaround @betegon! Will this likely make it into the next release this week? 0.39.0?

[betegon]

@ryanpato Yes! we'll do a release this week. we like to try new stuff in nightly for a bit just in case. It will be out in 0.39.0, exactly.

Let us know if you would want some other feats in the CLI!