semantic-release-license

semantic-release plugin to update your license file on new releases.

Step	Description
verifyConditions	Verify the presence of a license file and makes sur it can detect it
prepare	Update the license file based on its type

Install

npm install -D semantic-release-license

Usage

The plugin can be configured in the semantic-release configuration file:

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    'semantic-release-license',
    /*
     * Use the git plugin to commit the updated license file
     * Note: make sure semantic-release-license is run BEFORE the git plugin
     * otherwise you git won't pick your updated LICENSE.
     */
    ['@semantic-release/git', {
      assets: ['LICENSE']
    }]
  ]
}

License updates

MIT

• Copyright date

BSL

• Licensed work version
• Copyright date
• Change date

Options

You can configure the plugin by passing options:

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    ['semantic-release-license', {
      license: {
        path: 'path/to/MY_LICENSE.txt'
      }
    }]
  ]
}

We use a license root property to avoid conflicts with semantic-release CLI options (see here).

Options	Description	Default
license.path	The path to your license path	The plugin tries to automatically detect it