How to use grunt-bump task

When is appropriate time to run grunt bump task?

In general, you should run it when code is ready for release and working directory is clean

What does grunt bump do?

By default, it

1. bumps patch verion number within package.json file
2. commits being changed package.json file to local git repository
3. creates tag by using bumped version number to local git repository
4. pushes local changes to remote branch

Key configurations

Add repository url definition in package.json file

{
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/cloudchen/test-grunt-bump.git"
  }
}

Let grunt bump task know where upstream is. This can also be used to avoid warnning with npm install or npm update

Override Gruntfile.js default upstream by reading corresponding configuration from package.json

grunt.initConfig({
  pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
  ...
  bump: {
    options: {
      pushTo: '<%=pkg.repository.url%>'
    }
  }
  ...
});

Disable git-push functionality in Gruntfile.js

grunt.initConfig({
  pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
  ...
  bump: {
    options: {
      push: false,
      pushTo: '<%=pkg.repository.url%>'
    }
  }
  ...
});

Other tasks

Bump patch version number, from 0.0.1 to 0.0.2

grunt bump:patch
# equals to
grunt bump

Bump minor version number, from 0.0.1 to 0.1.0

grunt bump:minor

Bump major version number, from 0.1.0 to 1.0.0

grunt bump:major