@livingdocs/release-tools

Release Tools

The release tools are a bunch of command line tools to maintain a release. These tools are usually used by a release manager.

Usage

Preconditions

Have npx installed with npm install -g npx

List of available commands

npx release-tools

Create Release Branch

Introduction When you want to manage a product with different releases and support old version with patches, you can not just use semver on master. You also have to work with release branches to support old versions. A more detailed explanation with an example can be found here

Commands

• Help: npx @livingdocs/release-tools@<version> create-release-branch
• Command (simple example): npx @livingdocs/release-tools@<version> create-release-branch --base-tag=v1.0.1 --release-branch-name=release-2017-10 --npm-token=<token>

Examples

• How to Handle a Customer Release on Github

Run the tests

npm test

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2018 Livingdocs AG, all rights reserved

It is not permitted to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of this Software ('release-tools'), except when explicitly stated otherwise by Livingdocs AG.