There are two version types, in line with semver. Releases with major.minor.patch versions and prereleases with major.minor.patch-pre-incnumber versions.
The process has been for a release
scripts/bump-version.sh [increment field]
the version field named (major/minor/patch (the default)) would be incremented and the act of the new tag being pushed trigger a goreleaser instance to publish.
With prerel support, a new optional parameter, prerel can be used along with the version field. It's action depends on the current version number.
v0.0.100 -> where the number is a release version, the (default) patch is incremented, then a -pre-1 prerelease tag is added
v0.0.101-pre-1 -> if the prerel parameter is present, then the tag is incremented to -pre-2 and so on if the prerel parameter is not present, then the prerel tag is removed and the new version is v0.0.101 -> a release
If the install.sh script is called as normal, then the latest release version is downloaded If the install.sh script is called with prerel as a parameter, then the latest prerelease version is installed*
- if there is no current prerelease version available, the latest release version is installed. This allowes prerel users to be gently ushered back to the mainline releases.
If the version running is a release version, it will only notify of a new release release. Pre-releases will be ignored. If the version running is a prerelease version, it will notify on any new prerelease or release. If a release has happened and a subsequent prerelease has followed, the upgrade prompt will suggest the latest prerelease.