grunt-timestamp-release

Release a timestamped version.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.0

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-timestamp-release --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-timestamp-release');

The "timestamp_release" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named timestampRelease to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  timestampRelease: {
    options: {
      files: ['package.json'],
      commit: true,
      commitMessage: 'Release <%= timestamp %>',
      tag: true,
      tagFormat: 'YYYY-MM-DD--hh-mm',
      tagPrefix: '',
      tagSuffix: '',
      tagMessage: 'Release <%= timestamp %>',
      name: '',
      email: '',
      push: true,
      pushTo: 'upstream'
    }
  }
});

Options

options.files

Type: Array Default value: ['package.json']

A list of files in which to update the version.

options.commit

Type: Boolean Default value: true

Do you want the changes to be committed?

options.commitMessage

Type: String Default value: "Release <%= timestamp %>"

If options.commit, what do you want the commit message to be? <%= timestamp %> is available for reference.

options.tag

Type: Boolean Default value: true

Do you want to tag?

options.tagFormat

Type: String Default value: 'YYYY-MM-DD--hh-mm'

If options.tag, what do you want the timestamp format to be? Refer to MomentJs formats.

options.tagPrefix

Type: String Default value: ""

A string with which to prefix the tag. Example:

  timestampRelease: {
    options: {
      tagPrefix: 'beta-'
      tagFormat: 'MM-DD-YYYY'
    }
  }

  // will tag "beta-07-02-2014"

options.tagSuffix

Type: String Default value: ""

A string to add to the end of the tag. Example:

  timestampRelease: {
    options: {
      tagSuffix: '-beta'
      tagFormat: 'MM-DD-YYYY'
    }
  }

  // will tag "07-02-2014-beta"

options.tagMessage

Type: String Default value: "Release <%= timestamp %>

If options.tag, what do you want the tag message to be? <%= timestamp %>, <%= name %> and <%= email %> are available for reference. name and email can be set in the options, or through the command line.

options.name

Type: String Default value: Nothing

Set this option if you want to use name in the tagMessage without specifying it via the command line.

options.email

Type: String Default value: Nothing

Set this option if you want to use email in the tagMessage without specifying it via the command line.

options.push

Type: Boolean Default value: true

Do you want to push the changes?

options.pushTo

Type: String Default value: 'upstream'

If options.push, which repo do you want to push to?

Command Line Options

--name

Specify a name to be used in the template for commitMessage or tagMessage.
grunt timestampRelease --name "Kyrsten Kelly"

--email

Specify an email to be used in the template for commitMessage or tagMessage.
grunt timestampRelease --email "[e-mail]"

--tagPrefix

Specify a string to add to the beginning of the tag.

--tagSuffix

Specify a string to add to the end of the tag.

--timestamp

Override the timestamp with a custom timestamp.
grunt timestampRelease --timestamp "2014-04-05"

--test-run

Test the release process without committing, tagging, or pushing.
grunt timestampRelease --test-run

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

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