Pre-release

[brandonguigo]

Hello @chaaz,

I would like to know how to use versio to do pre-releases for each PR. We have a monorepo containing all our apis and would like to build a pre-release for the project that the commits targets, which include a version bump like the one done in the release part but also a rc.xxx tag where xx is the rc number (increments for each PR)...

Is it possible with Versio ?

(sorry for the wrong issue category)

Thanks

[robko23]

Hi. This is currently not possible. We don't have full implementation of semver, it's built for MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. (it could parse the RC string, but i don't think it would increment it correctly.
Howeve, I don't think I understand how the proposed changes should work. Every merged PR should increase RC number? Could you describe it a little more?

[chaaz]

Yes, I'm curious how that works: does each project have its own RC number that increments when a pre-release is done? Do only projects that have bumped their version have a pre-release process done? Does each PR invoke the pre-release process, or is it manually triggered?

I think Versio can currently help, but it probably can't do everything you're describing right now. I'm curious about your use-case, though.

[brandonguigo]

Hello @chaaz @robko23, sorry, been very busy at work and forgot to reply...

The workflow is the following:

• we start work on a branch, create a PR
• This PR triggers a GH action workflow that test, and build a pre-release

To build this pre-release, we actually use the commit hash. The ideal approach would be to use the versio release command with hooks to release the rc.

I think the process of bumping could be :

• if you are in stable mode (ie 1.0.3) and you do a fix, you’ll end at 1.0.4-rc1 with for example a —rc flag. Versio would have to bump normally but add a -rc1 suffix
• If you are in RC channel (ie 1.0.4-rc1), in a PR, you’ll end up in 1.0.4-rc2

I can answer questions whenever you need (and will be more available to work with you !)