Description
To ensure the project remains stable and predictable as it grows, we should implement a structured CI/CD pipeline.
This pipeline will automate our versioning and release management, providing a clean, documented history of changes
while maintaining a high velocity of development.
By establishing a reliable "Latest" build target, this system will provide the necessary infrastructure for the
clawdchan update command to function seamlessly.
Proposed Workflow
- Semantic Versioning (SemVer):
- The project will adopt SemVer (Major.Minor.Patch) to clearly communicate the impact of updates (e.g., bug fixes
vs. new features vs. breaking changes).
- Weekly Release Cycle:
- We will implement a weekly release cadence to group updates into stable milestones.
- A scheduled GitHub Action will automatically "promote" the current state of the repository to a new version tag
once a week.
- Version Injection:
- The version string will be injected into the binaries at build-time (e.g., using ldflags to set main.version).
This allows the CLI to report its own version and helps the update command verify successful synchronization.
- Continuous Artifact Availability:
- Every merge to the main branch will trigger the creation of "Latest" build artifacts.
- These artifacts will be published to a persistent release target, ensuring the update command always has a
stable, pre-built binary to pull from.
Key Components
- Automated Changelog: A tool to automatically categorize Pull Requests (Features, Fixes, etc.) into a release
summary as they are merged.
- Versioning Automation: A GitHub Action that calculates the next version number based on PR labels and automatically
applies the Git tag on a schedule.
- Packaging Pipeline: Leveraging the existing goreleaser configuration to build and upload packages for all supported
platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux) whenever a new milestone or "Latest" build is triggered.
Technical Implementation Tasks
- Version Declaration: Declare var version = "dev" in main.go.
- Release Drafter: Configure a workflow to generate categorized release notes from PR titles.
- Scheduled Promotion: Create a GitHub Action to handle the weekly tagging and release publication.
- Sync Target: Configure the build pipeline to maintain a "Latest" release tag that the update command can target
for immediate synchronization.
Description
To ensure the project remains stable and predictable as it grows, we should implement a structured CI/CD pipeline.
This pipeline will automate our versioning and release management, providing a clean, documented history of changes
while maintaining a high velocity of development.
By establishing a reliable "Latest" build target, this system will provide the necessary infrastructure for the
clawdchan update command to function seamlessly.
Proposed Workflow
vs. new features vs. breaking changes).
once a week.
This allows the CLI to report its own version and helps the update command verify successful synchronization.
stable, pre-built binary to pull from.
Key Components
summary as they are merged.
applies the Git tag on a schedule.
platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux) whenever a new milestone or "Latest" build is triggered.
Technical Implementation Tasks
for immediate synchronization.