feat: prerelease type

__snapshots__/cli.js

@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ Options:
                                     the minor for non-breaking changes prior to
                                     the first major release
                                                       [boolean] [default: false]
+  --prerelease-type                 type of the prerelease, e.g., alpha [string]
   --extra-files                     extra files for the strategy to consider
                                                                         [string]
   --version-file                    path to version file to update, e.g.,

docs/cli.md

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Extra options:
 | `--versioning-strategy` | [`VersioningStrategyType`](/docs/customizing.md#versioning-strategies) | Override method of determining SemVer version bumps based on commits. Defaults to `default` |
 | `--bump-minor-pre-major` | `boolean` | Configuration option for the versioning strategy. If set, will bump the minor version for breaking changes for versions < 1.0.0 |
 | `--bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major` | `boolean` | Configuration option for the versioning strategy. If set, will bump the patch version for features for versions < 1.0.0 |
+| `--prerelease-type` | `string` | Configuration option for the prerelese versioning strategy. If prerelease strategy used and type set, will set the prerelese part of the version to the provided value in case prerelease part is not present. |
 | `--draft` | `boolean` | If set, create releases as drafts |
 | `--prerelease` | `boolean` | If set, create releases that are pre-major or pre-release version marked as pre-release on Github|
 | `--draft-pull-request` | `boolean` | If set, create pull requests as drafts |
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ need to specify your release options:
 | `--versioning-strategy` | VersioningStrategy | Override method of determining SemVer version bumps based on commits. Defaults to `default` |
 | `--bump-minor-pre-major` | boolean | Configuration option for the versioning strategy. If set, will bump the minor version for breaking changes for versions < 1.0.0 |
 | `--bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major` | boolean | Configuration option for the versioning strategy. If set, will bump the patch version for features for versions < 1.0.0 |
+| `--prerelease-type` | `string` | Configuration option for the prerelese versioning strategy. If prerelease strategy used and type set, will set the prerelese part of the version to the provided value in case prerelease part is not present. |
 | `--draft-pull-request` | boolean | If set, create pull requests as drafts |
 | `--label` | string | Comma-separated list of labels to apply to the release pull requests. Defaults to `autorelease: pending` |`autorelease: tagged` |
 | `--changelog-path` | `string` | Override the path to the managed CHANGELOG. Defaults to `CHANGELOG.md` |

docs/customizing.md

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ version given a list of parsed commits.
 | `always-bump-major` | Always bump major version |                                                                                  
 | `service-pack`      | Designed for Java backport fixes. Uses Maven's specification for service pack versions (e.g. 1.2.3-sp.1)    |
 
+| `prerelease`      | Bumping prerelease number (eg. 1.2.0-beta01 to 1.2.0-beta02) or if prerelease type is set, using that in the prerelease part (eg. 1.2.1 to 1.3.0-beta)  |
+
 ### Adding additional versioning strategy types
 
 To add a new versioning strategy, create a new class that implements the

docs/manifest-releaser.md

@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ defaults (those are documented in comments)
   // absence defaults to false
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
 
+  // setting the type of prerelease in case of prerelease strategy
+  "prerelease-type": "beta",
+
   // set default conventional commit => changelog sections mapping/appearance.
   // absence defaults to https://git.io/JqCZL
   "changelog-sections": [...],

schemas/config.json

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
           "description": "Feature changes only bump semver patch if version < 1.0.0",
           "type": "boolean"
         },
+        "prerelease-type": {
+          "description": "Configuration option for the prerelese versioning strategy. If prerelease strategy used and type set, will set the prerelese part of the version to the provided value in case prerelease part is not present.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
         "versioning": {
           "description": "Versioning strategy. Defaults to `default`",
           "type": "string"
@@ -290,7 +294,11 @@
                   "type": {
                     "description": "The name of the plugin.",
                     "type": "string",
-                    "enum": ["cargo-workspace", "maven-workspace", "node-workspace"]
+                    "enum": [
+                      "cargo-workspace",
+                      "maven-workspace",
+                      "node-workspace"
+                    ]
                   },
                   "updateAllPackages": {
                     "description": "Whether to force updating all packages regardless of the dependency tree. Defaults to `false`.",

src/bin/release-please.ts

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ interface ManifestArgs {
 interface VersioningArgs {
   bumpMinorPreMajor?: boolean;
   bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor?: boolean;
+  prereleaseType?: string;
   releaseAs?: string;
 
   // only for Ruby: TODO replace with generic bootstrap option
@@ -275,6 +276,10 @@ function pullRequestStrategyOptions(yargs: yargs.Argv): yargs.Argv {
       default: false,
       type: 'boolean',
     })
+    .option('prerelease-type', {
+      describe: 'type of the prerelease, e.g., alpha',
+      type: 'string',
+    })
     .option('extra-files', {
       describe: 'extra files for the strategy to consider',
       type: 'string',
@@ -447,6 +452,7 @@ const createReleasePullRequestCommand: yargs.CommandModule<
           draftPullRequest: argv.draftPullRequest,
           bumpMinorPreMajor: argv.bumpMinorPreMajor,
           bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor: argv.bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor,
+          prereleaseType: argv.prereleaseType,
           changelogPath: argv.changelogPath,
           changelogType: argv.changelogType,
           changelogHost: argv.changelogHost,
@@ -711,6 +717,7 @@ const bootstrapCommand: yargs.CommandModule<{}, BootstrapArgs> = {
       draftPullRequest: argv.draftPullRequest,
       bumpMinorPreMajor: argv.bumpMinorPreMajor,
       bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor: argv.bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor,
+      prereleaseType: argv.prereleaseType,
       changelogPath: argv.changelogPath,
       changelogHost: argv.changelogHost,
       changelogSections: argv.changelogSections,

src/factories/versioning-strategy-factory.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export interface VersioningStrategyFactoryOptions {
   type?: VersioningStrategyType;
   bumpMinorPreMajor?: boolean;
   bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor?: boolean;
+  prereleaseType?: string;
   github: GitHub;
 }
 

src/factory.ts

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ export async function buildStrategy(
     type: options.versioning,
     bumpMinorPreMajor: options.bumpMinorPreMajor,
     bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor: options.bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor,
+    prereleaseType: options.prereleaseType,
   });
   const changelogNotes = buildChangelogNotes({
     type: options.changelogType || 'default',

src/manifest.ts

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export interface ReleaserConfig {
   versioning?: VersioningStrategyType;
   bumpMinorPreMajor?: boolean;
   bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor?: boolean;
+  prereleaseType?: string;
 
   // Strategy options
   releaseAs?: string;
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ interface ReleaserConfigJson {
   versioning?: VersioningStrategyType;
   'bump-minor-pre-major'?: boolean;
   'bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major'?: boolean;
+  'prerelease-type'?: string;
   'changelog-sections'?: ChangelogSection[];
   'release-as'?: string;
   'skip-github-release'?: boolean;
@@ -1290,6 +1292,7 @@ function extractReleaserConfig(
     releaseType: config['release-type'],
     bumpMinorPreMajor: config['bump-minor-pre-major'],
     bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor: config['bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major'],
+    prereleaseType: config['prerelease-type'],
     versioning: config['versioning'],
     changelogSections: config['changelog-sections'],
     changelogPath: config['changelog-path'],
@@ -1635,6 +1638,7 @@ function mergeReleaserConfig(
     bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor:
       pathConfig.bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor ??
       defaultConfig.bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor,
+    prereleaseType: pathConfig.prereleaseType ?? defaultConfig.prereleaseType,
     versioning: pathConfig.versioning ?? defaultConfig.versioning,
     changelogSections:
       pathConfig.changelogSections ?? defaultConfig.changelogSections,

src/version.ts

@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ export class Version {
     const buildPart = this.build ? `+${this.build}` : '';
     return `${this.major}.${this.minor}.${this.patch}${preReleasePart}${buildPart}`;
   }
+
+  get isPreMajor(): boolean {
+    return this.major < 1;
+  }
 }
 
 export type VersionsMap = Map<string, Version>;

src/versioning-strategies/default.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {ConventionalCommit} from '../commit';
 import {Version} from '../version';
 import {logger as defaultLogger, Logger} from '../util/logger';
 
-interface DefaultVersioningStrategyOptions {
+export interface DefaultVersioningStrategyOptions {
   bumpMinorPreMajor?: boolean;
   bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor?: boolean;
   logger?: Logger;
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ export class DefaultVersioningStrategy implements VersioningStrategy {
     }
 
     if (breaking > 0) {
-      if (version.major < 1 && this.bumpMinorPreMajor) {
+      if (version.isPreMajor && this.bumpMinorPreMajor) {
         return new MinorVersionUpdate();
       } else {
         return new MajorVersionUpdate();
       }
     } else if (features > 0) {
-      if (version.major < 1 && this.bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor) {
+      if (version.isPreMajor && this.bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor) {
         return new PatchVersionUpdate();
       } else {
         return new MinorVersionUpdate();

src/versioning-strategies/dependency-manifest.ts

@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ export class DependencyManifest extends DefaultVersioningStrategy {
 
     let dependencyBump: VersionUpdater;
     if (breaking > 0) {
-      if (version.major < 1 && this.bumpMinorPreMajor) {
+      if (version.isPreMajor && this.bumpMinorPreMajor) {
         dependencyBump = new MinorVersionUpdate();
       } else {
         dependencyBump = new MajorVersionUpdate();
       }
     } else if (features > 0) {
-      if (version.major < 1 && this.bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor) {
+      if (version.isPreMajor && this.bumpPatchForMinorPreMajor) {
         dependencyBump = new PatchVersionUpdate();
       } else {
         dependencyBump = new MinorVersionUpdate();