please (aka php release or even npm release) is very simple Github+NPM release for PHP and/or Nodejs projects anything.

Assumes you like semantic versioning of the format <major>.<minor>.<patch> and you have the commits are following angular format! More on this format here.

Actually you can release any thing not just PHP/Nodejs. Please itself is released by please.

• Determine remote git repo based on local git config
• Checkout and Update master
• Get latest release from github api endpoint
• Collect new commits since the latest release
• Create a changelog (prepend to if exists), reflect that into ./CHANGELOG.md file and commit it
• Bump the version as per semver, reflect that into ./VERSION file and commit it
  • If any of the latest commits start with feat <minor> is bumped
  • But if only you didnt explicitly pass scope already
• If there is package.json file, bump package.json#version and commit it
• If package.json#private is not set to true
  • If npm user not already logged in, run npm adduser
  • Run npm publish finally
• Release the new version and tag to github
• If there is box.json file, compile phar using box (download box.phar if required)
• Upload the compiled phar as asset for the recent release

# Requirements:
# jq
sudo apt install jq -y

curl -sSLo ~/please https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adhocore/please/main/please
chmod +x ~/please && sudo ln -s ~/please /usr/local/bin/please

One time setup. In your .bashrc / .zshrc or the like export github token:

export GH_AUTH_TOKEN=<your token here>

Get your token from here. Make sure to set only bare minimum permission scopes for this token.

• repo if you want to release private repos
  • public_repo required
  • repo_deployment required

Important: Tokens are to be treated and kept as much secret as passwords.

Make sure you have already merged required commits to master branch in Github, then go to the root of any project you want to release and run:

please [Scope|Command] [Options]

please v0.11.0 | (c) Jitendra Adhikari | please is semver release made easy.

Usage: please [command|scope] [--options]

Commands:
  version        Print current version of itself.
  help           Show help information and usage examples.
Scope:
  major          Bumps the <major> part of semver.
  minor          Bumps the <minor> part of semver.
Options:
  -c --chlog     Forces creation of CHANGELOG.md file.
  -h --help      Show help information and usage.
  -H --chash     Prepends commit hash into log.
  -o --organize  Commit types as CSV for changelog or release notes.
                 (Default: feat,fix,refactor,perf,docs,infra,chore)
  -L | --label   Set custom release label.
  -N | --no-sync Do not sync the DEPLOY_BRANCH with remote (faster but unsafe).
  -p --public    Set scoped npm package for public access.
  --prev-version Fix the previous version (skips API call).
  -u --update    Update please to latest version.
  -v --vfile     Forces creation of VERSION file.
  -V --version   Forces the exact version to be released.
  -y --yes       Assume yes for any confirmation.
Events:
  --before-all     Run the command before anything (very start).
  --after-version  Run the command after determining next version.
  --before-npm     Run the command before releasing to npm.
  --before-push    Run the command before pushing code to remote.
  --before-vcs     Run the command before releasing to VCS.
  --before-phar    Run the command before uploading phar binary.
  --after-all      Run the command after everything finishes.
Examples:
  please
  please version                          # prints current version of itself
  please --update                         # updates please if new version available
  please --organize feat,fix,docs         # includes only features, fixes and docs
  please --vfile --chash                  # creates VERSION file, adds commit hash
  please minor --public --yes             # releases minor version without asking
  please major --vfile --chlog            # releases next major version with VERSION and CHANGELOG files
  please --vfile --chlog --version 1.5.0  # releases version 1.5.0 with VERSION and CHANGELOG files
  please --before-all 'echo {REPO}'       # before release, runs 'echo {REPO}' with REPO interpolated

To use custom branch from which you want to create release tag, use DEPLOY_BRANCH env var.

Eg: DEPLOY_BRANCH=main please -v -c

• If there is VERSION file in project root, you dont need --vfile flag.
• If there is CHANGELOG.md file in project root, you dont need --chlog flag.
• If there is box.json file in project root, it builds and releases .phar too.
• If no scope is given
  • If there is any feat: commit, bumps the <minor> part of semver.
  • Else bumps the <patch> part of semver.

You can take control of the work flow or execute more tasks by using the event callbacks. When the event commands are triggerred they receive all the variables defined in the then moment.

Currently please supports these events which are executed in following order:

• before-all
• after-version
• before-npm
• before-push
• before-vcs
• after-release
• before-phar
• after-all

You can either set events as a json file in ./please.json or pass them in as option to please like so:

# run `composer test` before pushing code
# send release notification to slack after everything finishes
please --before-push "composer test" --after-all "slack 'Released {REPO}@{NEXT_VERSION}'"

The event passed in as option will have higher precedence than the one read from ./please.json

Use only single quote in the event command. Eg: please --before-all "echo 'a b c'"

Here's output of please in action, releasing 0.0.1 of itself:

$ ./please --vfile
Repository adhocore/please
Log file /tmp/PLZEXKbyF
Updating master ...
  Done
Getting latest releases ...
  Done
Current Version 0.0.0
Collecting commits ...
  Done
Bumping version ...
  Done
Releasing 0.0.1 ...
  Done
Check /tmp/PLZEXKbyF for logs

And here is colorful screenshot of please releasing v0.0.10 of phint

And here is a preview of all features of please in one release:

CHANGELOG.md generated by please looks like:

## [0.0.1](https://github.com/<repo>/releases/tag/<0.0.1>) (2018-01-01)

### Features
- **scope**: commit 1 (Author Name)
- **scope**: commit 2 (Author Name)
...

If you passed in --chash flag then:

## [0.0.1](https://github.com/<repo>/releases/tag/<0.0.1>) (2018-01-01)

### Features
- **scope**: commit 1 (Author Name) [_hash1_](https://github.com/<repo>/commit/<hash1>)
- **scope**: commit 2 (Author Name) [_hash2_](https://github.com/<repo>/commit/<hash2>)
...

On subsequent releases new changes are prepended such that latest commits stay at top.

If you are using zsh then please might have been already aliased to sudo. To fix this simply run

echo "alias please=/usr/local/bin/please" >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc