Gradle semantic-release

Execute Semantic Release inside your Gradle build using npx. Also allows you to download a nodejs dist for your build on demand.

How does it work

The plugin executes semantic-release in dry-run mode on Gradle project configuration phase. It extracts the detected version and writes it to project.version.

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Usage

Configure semantic-release using a .releaserc.yml in your rootProject

.releaserc.yml

key	value	description
gradle.node.detect	boolean	Try to autodetect an existing NodeJS installation. If detection is successful, skip NodeJS download and setup. Otherwise use download config
gradle.node.download	boolean	Download and setup a local NodeJS dist
gradle.node.distUrl	string	Base distribution url to retrieve NodeJS binaries
gradle.node.packages	string[]	Extra packages supplied to npx when running semantic-release. This should contain the plugins used your semantic-release plugin config

For configuration examples see ./.releaserc.yml

Build Performance

Build Performance can be improved

Use local NodeJS

You can disable the download of a NodeJS distribution by configuring

gradle.node.download = false

in the project .releaserc.yml. Be sure you have a NodeJS on your OS PATH