NAME

Dist::Zilla::Plugin::NextVersion::Semantic - update the next version, semantic-wise

VERSION

version 0.1.3

SYNOPSIS

# in dist.ini

[NextVersion::Semantic]
major = MAJOR, API CHANGE
minor = MINOR, ENHANCEMENTS
revision = REVISION, BUG FIXES

; must also load a PreviousVersionProvider
[PreviousVersion::Changelog]

DESCRIPTION

Increases the distribution's version according to the semantic versioning rules (see http://semver.org/) by inspecting the changelog.

More specifically, the plugin performs the following actions:

at build time

Reads the changelog using CPAN::Changes and filters out of the {{$NEXT}} release section any group without item.

before a release

Ensures that there is at least one recorded change in the changelog, and increments the version number in consequence. If there are changes given outside of the sections, they are considered to be minor.

after a release

Updates the new {{$NEXT}} section of the changelog with placeholders for all the change categories. With categories as given in the SYNOPSIS, this would look like

{{$NEXT}}

  [MAJOR]

  [API CHANGE]

  [MINOR]

  [ENHANCEMENTS]

  [REVISION]

  [BUG FIXES]

If a version is given via the environment variable V, it will taken as-if as the next version.

For this plugin to work, your Dist::Zilla configuration must also contain a plugin consuming the Dist::Zilla::Role::YANICK::PreviousVersionProvider role.

PARAMETERS

change_file

File name of the changelog. Defaults to Changes.

numify_version

If true, the version will be a number using the x.yyyzzz convention instead of x.y.z. Defaults to false.

major

Comma-delimited list of categories of changes considered major. Defaults to API CHANGES.

minor

Comma-delimited list of categories of changes considered minor. Defaults to ENHANCEMENTS.

revision

Comma-delimited list of categories of changes considered revisions. Defaults to BUG FIXES, DOCUMENTATION.

AUTHOR

Yanick Champoux <yanick@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Yanick Champoux.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.