feat(app): modify option to release from any branch

ISSUES CLOSED: #43

.gitignore

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ logs
 *.log
 npm-debug.log*
 .DS_Store
+.history

.travis.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ node_js:
   - '6'
   - 'node'
 before_install:
-  - npm i -g npm@^2.0.0
+  - npm i -g npm@^3.0.0
 before_script:
   - npm prune
 

README.md

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Of course you can change `corp-release` to any name you like.
 * `-d` or `--dryrun`: it runs in non-destructive mode. No alteration should be done in your workspace.
 * `--pre-commit [npm-script]`: Pre-commit hook. Pass the name of the npm script to run. It will run like this: `npm run [npm-script]`.
 * `--post-success [command]`: Post-success hook (after `git push` completes successfully). Pass a command to run as the argument. Eg: `--post-success "npm publish"`.
-* `-b [branch]` or `--branch [branch]`: Branch name allowed to run release. Default is `master`. If you want to release from another branch, you need to specify. 
+* `-b [branch]` or `--branch [branch]`: Branch name allowed to run release. Default is `master`. If you want to release from another branch, you need to specify. Use "*" to allow any branch - Useful for Jenkins as git does a revision check-out.
 * `-v` or `--verbose`: it prints extra info such as commit list from last tag and command details.
 * `--changelogpreset [preset]`: The conventional-changelog preset to use. Default is `angular`. `angular-bitbucket` is available for [BitBucket repositories](https://github.com/uglow/conventional-changelog-angular-bitbucket). Other presets can be installed, e.g: `npm i conventional-changelog-jquery` then pass this flag to the command: `--changelogpreset jquery`.
 * `-r [num]` or `--releasecount [num]`: How many releases of changelog you want to generate. It counts from the upcoming release. Useful when you forgot to generate any previous changelog. Set to 0 to regenerate all (will overwrite any existing changelog!).
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ In the following example, `updateOtherFiles.js` does *NOT* receive the version a
 
 <details>
 <summary>Option 2 - `--pre-commit [npm-script]`</summary>
-`corp-semantic-release` also provides a `--pre-commit <NPM script>` option. The NPM script is passed the version 
+`corp-semantic-release` also provides a `--pre-commit <NPM script>` option. The NPM script is passed the version
 number as an argument to the script.
 
 ```json

confit.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ generator-confit:
   app:
     _version: f02196cc5cb7941ca46ec46d23bd6aef0dfcaca0
     buildProfile: Latest
-    copyrightOwner: Leonardo Correa
+    copyrightOwner: Developers who contribute to this project
     license: MIT
     projectType: node
     publicRepository: true

spec/validateBranch.spec.js

@@ -46,4 +46,19 @@ describe('validateBranch', () => {
     expect(output[0]).to.include(`>>> Your release branch is: fooBranch`);
     expect(exitCalled).to.equal(false); // exit() is never called
   });
+
+  it('should allow release from any branch when option --branch is "*"', () => {
+    let exitCalled = false;
+
+    revert = validateBranch.__set__({
+      shell: {
+        exit: () => exitCalled = true,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const result = validateBranch('*');
+
+    expect(result).to.equal(null);
+    expect(exitCalled).to.equal(false);
+  });
 });

src/index.js

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ program
   .option('-d, --dryrun', 'No changes to workspace. Stops after changelog is printed.')
   .option('--pre-commit [npm-script]', 'Pre-commit hook. Pass the name of the npm script to run. It will run like this: npm run [pre-commit]')
   .option('--post-success [command]', 'Post-success hook (after git push completes successfully). Pass a command to run as the argument. Eg: --post-success "npm publish"')
-  .option('-b, --branch [branch]', 'Branch name [branch] allowed to run release. Default is master. If you want another branch, you need to specify.')
+  .option('-b, --branch [branch]', 'Branch name [branch] allowed to run release. Default is master. If you want another branch, you need to specify. Use "*" to allow any branch')
   .option('-v, --verbose', 'Prints debug info')
   .option('--changelogpreset [preset]', 'The conventional-changelog preset to use. Default is angular. angular-bitbucket' +
     ' is available for BitBucket repositories. Other presets can be installed: npm i conventional-changelog-jquery')

src/lib/validateBranch.js

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ const log = require('./log');
 let shell = require('shelljs');   // Make this a variable to permit mocking during testing
 
 module.exports = function validateBranch(branch) {
+  if (branch === '*') {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   shell.exec('git branch').stdout;
   let currentBranch = shell.exec('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD').stdout.split('\n')[0];