github-release-util

Utility script to automate gitHub release workflow and uploading of build assets (optional).

Usage

Interactive Mode

To use with your project install (npm i -D github-release-util) and add the following to your package.json. Afterwards, you can run npm run release to automatically create a new release on GitHub.

{
    "scripts": {
        "release": "npx gru"
    }
}

CLI mode

By default this script walks the user through the decisions to create a release. It also has an option to send in all the options at once (no prompt). The following is an example of the available options. You can get this output by running npx gru --cli --help.

Usage: index.ts [options]

Options:
  -o, --owner <owner>                     Owner
  -r, --repo <repo>                       Repo
  -k, --git-hub-token <gitHubToken>       GitHub Token
  -n, --release-name <releaseName>        Release Name
  -m, --release-message <releaseMessage>  Release Message
  -t, --target-tag <targetTag>            Release Tag
  -b, --is-beta                           Is beta release
  -c, --should-upload-build-assets        Compress and upload build assets
  -d, --build-dir <buildDir>              Build dir
  -l, --cli                               Cli
  -h, --help                              output usage information

# without build assets
npx gru --cli -t "<tag>"

# with build assets
npx gru --cli -t "<tag>" -c -d "<build dir>"

Configuration

This script automatically looks for a .env file at the project root. The repo includes a .env.sample file. To use with your project, run cp node_modules/github-release-util/.env.sample ./.env. The file includes the following config variables:

GITHUB_REPO=
GITHUB_OWNER=
GITHUB_TOKEN=

In interactive mode, you will always be prompted for these, the values from the .env file will be set as the defaults if the file exists.

In CLI mode, the script will fall back to these defaults if arguments aren't passed in explicitly.

Get a GitHub token by following these steps.

Gotchas

The release must be linked to a tag. And the tag for which you're deploying must have been created before you run this script.