feat: Add ability to specify release name

Signed-off-by: Matt Stratton <matt.stratton@gmail.com>

config/config.go

@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ type Archive struct {
 
 // Release config used for the GitHub release
 type Release struct {
-	GitHub     Repo `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Draft      bool `yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Prerelease bool `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	GitHub       Repo   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Draft        bool   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Prerelease   bool   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	NameTemplate string `yaml:"name_template,omitempty"`
 
 	// Capture all undefined fields and should be empty after loading
 	XXX map[string]interface{} `yaml:",inline"`

docs/115-release.md

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ release:
   # If set to true, will mark the release as not ready for production.
   # Default is false.
   prerelease: true
+
+  # Optional template to name the release
+  # Default is the version number
+  name_template: "{{.ProjectName}}-v{{.Version}}"
 ```
 
 ## Custom release notes

internal/client/github.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/apex/log"
 	"github.com/google/go-github/github"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/context"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/name"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 )
 
@@ -83,8 +84,12 @@ func (c *githubClient) CreateFile(
 
 func (c *githubClient) CreateRelease(ctx *context.Context, body string) (releaseID int, err error) {
 	var release *github.RepositoryRelease
+	releaseTitle, err := name.ForTitle(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
 	var data = &github.RepositoryRelease{
-		Name:       github.String(ctx.Git.CurrentTag),
+		Name:       github.String(releaseTitle),
 		TagName:    github.String(ctx.Git.CurrentTag),
 		Body:       github.String(body),
 		Draft:      github.Bool(ctx.Config.Release.Draft),

internal/name/name.go

@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ func ForChecksums(ctx *context.Context) (string, error) {
 	)
 }
 
+// ForTitle returns the release title based upon its template
+func ForTitle(ctx *context.Context) (string, error) {
+	return apply(
+		nameData{
+			ProjectName: ctx.Config.ProjectName,
+			Tag:         ctx.Git.CurrentTag,
+			Version:     ctx.Version,
+		},
+		ctx.Config.Release.NameTemplate,
+	)
+}
+
 func apply(data nameData, templateStr string) (string, error) {
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	t, err := template.New(data.ProjectName).Parse(templateStr)

internal/name/name_test.go

@@ -120,3 +120,22 @@ func TestNameDefaultTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNameForTitle(t *testing.T) {
+	var ctx = &context.Context{
+		Config: config.Project{
+			Release: config.Release{
+				NameTemplate: "{{.ProjectName}}-v{{.Version}}",
+			},
+			ProjectName: "test",
+		},
+		Version: "1.2.3",
+		Git: context.GitInfo{
+			CurrentTag: "v1.2.3",
+		},
+	}
+
+	name, err := ForTitle(ctx)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "test-v1.2.3", name)
+}

pipeline/defaults/defaults.go

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import (
 // NameTemplate default name_template for the archive.
 const NameTemplate = "{{ .Binary }}_{{ .Version }}_{{ .Os }}_{{ .Arch }}{{ if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}"
 
+// ReleaseNameTemplate is the default name for the release.
+const ReleaseNameTemplate = "{{ .Version }}"
+
 // SnapshotNameTemplate represents the default format for snapshot release names.
 const SnapshotNameTemplate = "SNAPSHOT-{{ .Commit }}"
 
@@ -31,6 +34,9 @@ func (Pipe) Description() string {
 // Run the pipe
 func (Pipe) Run(ctx *context.Context) error {
 	ctx.Config.Dist = "dist"
+	if ctx.Config.Release.NameTemplate == "" {
+		ctx.Config.Release.NameTemplate = ReleaseNameTemplate
+	}
 	if ctx.Config.Snapshot.NameTemplate == "" {
 		ctx.Config.Snapshot.NameTemplate = SnapshotNameTemplate
 	}