semanticversion is a global NPM Module and command line tool that helps you easily change your semantic version in your package.json file and push the new tag to git.

Installation

Install globally by running npm install semanticversion -g

Details

A semantic version is divided into several categories including: major, minor and patch. Read more about semantic versioning

Usage

While in the project root, and on the same level where package.json is located, you can run semanticversion by entering semanticversion in the CLI or simply sv as a shortcut.

Options

Select from the following options:

• Select the semantic version you want to bump:

  • Major
  • Minor
  • Patch

• Commit to Git?

  • Yes
  • No

• Select which branch you wish to push to:

  • Master
  • Dev
  • Other

The system will prompt you for a commit message if you are wanting to push your tags and code using Git.