📦 Lifeline

Command-line tool to manage Lifeline branches.

🌟 Highlights

• One file describes every line: A single SUPPORT.yaml lists your release lines (3.x, 2.x, …) and their stage, so the lifecycle lives in version control next to the code it describes.
• Lifecycles are enforced: Lines only travel indev -> as -> ls -> el, and lifeline check shows each branch and its lifecycle.
• A status table you can read at a glance: lifeline status prints version, stage, branch, whether that branch really exists, the EOL date and the days remaining, or --json for anything scripted.
• Backports in one command: lifeline backport <sha> --to v1.x cherry-picks a commit from devel onto a support branch and opens the pull request, with a [v1.x]-prefixed title and a body recording where the fix came from. Refuses lines in development or End of Life, and asks for --label security or --label critical before it touches Life Support.

ℹ️ Overview

Lifeline is a CLI to automate your git support branches. Instead of manually backporting or creating LTS branches, you can use Lifeline to do it in less than a second.

✍️ Authors

AI Disclosure: AI was used in the development of Lifeline.

• Main Developer: @kamixfox

🚀 Usage

Quickly set up Lifeline for your repository:

lifeline init

And then verify it works:

lifeline status

⬇️ Installation

Prerequisites: At least Node.js v22 (Download), and the gh CLI installed (Download).

Find bugs, or want to report a feature? Open an issue, and we'll get to fixing/adding it! If you'd rather implement them yourself, you can also open a pull request. People like you make small OSS projects like these thrive!