dev:release

/dev:release

Interactive release workflow for harness-evolver. Handles everything: validation, changelog, version bump, git tag, GitHub release, npm publish.

Step 1: Determine Version Bump

Parse the argument if provided (patch, minor, major). If not provided, ask:

{
  "questions": [
    {
      "question": "Version bump type?",
      "header": "Bump",
      "multiSelect": false,
      "options": [
        {"label": "patch", "description": "Bug fixes, small changes (e.g., 4.0.2 → 4.0.3)"},
        {"label": "minor", "description": "New features, backwards compatible (e.g., 4.0.2 → 4.1.0)"},
        {"label": "major", "description": "Breaking changes (e.g., 4.0.2 → 5.0.0)"}
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Step 2: Read Current State

# Current version
CURRENT=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('package.json'))['version'])")
echo "Current version: $CURRENT"

# Commits since last tag
LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
if [ -n "$LAST_TAG" ]; then
    echo "Commits since $LAST_TAG:"
    git log --oneline "$LAST_TAG"..HEAD
else
    echo "No previous tags found"
    git log --oneline -10
fi

Step 3: Compute New Version

Based on the bump type and current version, compute the new version. For example:

• patch: 4.0.2 → 4.0.3
• minor: 4.0.2 → 4.1.0
• major: 4.0.2 → 5.0.0

python3 -c "
v = '$CURRENT'.split('.')
bump = '$BUMP_TYPE'
if bump == 'major':
    v = [str(int(v[0])+1), '0', '0']
elif bump == 'minor':
    v = [v[0], str(int(v[1])+1), '0']
else:
    v = [v[0], v[1], str(int(v[2])+1)]
print('.'.join(v))
"

Step 4: Generate Changelog Entry

Read the commits since the last tag. Categorize them:

• feat: → Added
• fix: → Fixed
• refactor: → Changed
• docs: → (skip unless significant)
• chore: → (skip unless version bump)

Write a new ## [NEW_VERSION] - YYYY-MM-DD section at the top of CHANGELOG.md (after the header, before the previous version entry). Follow Keep a Changelog format. Use the commit messages as a starting point but rewrite them to be user-facing — explain what changed for the user, not what files were touched.