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Bump and changelog using commitizen

0.23.1 Latest version

Bump and changelog using commitizen

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Bump and changelog using commitizen

Create a commit bumping the version of your project and creating a changelog file

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Bump and changelog using commitizen

              
  uses: commitizen-tools/commitizen-action@0.23.1
Learn more about this action in commitizen-tools/commitizen-action

Choose a version

commitizen-action

Add commitizen incredibly fast into your project!

Features

  • Allow prerelease
  • Super easy to setup
  • Automatically bump version
  • Automatically create changelog
  • Update any file in your repo with the new version

Are you using conventional commits and semver?

Then you are ready to use this github action! The only thing you'll need is the .cz.toml file in your project.

Usage

  1. In your repository create a .cz.toml file (you can run cz init to create it)
  2. Create a .github/workflows/bumpversion.yaml with the Sample Workflow

Minimal configuration

Your .cz.toml (or pyproject.toml if you are using python) should look like this.

[tool.commitizen]
version = "0.1.0"  # This should be your current semver version

For more information visit commitizen's configuration page

Sample Workflow

name: Bump version

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  bump_version:
    if: "!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'bump:')"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: "Bump version and create changelog with commitizen"
    steps:
      - name: Check out
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
      - id: cz
        name: Create bump and changelog
        uses: commitizen-tools/commitizen-action@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Print Version
        run: echo "Bumped to version ${{ steps.cz.outputs.version }}"

Variables

Name Description Default
github_token Token for the repo. Can be passed in using ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}. Required if push: true -
working_directory Change to this directory before running repo root directory
dry_run Run without creating commit, output to stdout false
repository Repository name to push. Default or empty value represents current github repository current one
branch Destination branch to push changes Same as the one executing the action by default
prerelease Set as prerelease {alpha,beta,rc} choose type of prerelease -
extra_requirements Custom requirements, if your project uses a custom rule or plugins, you can specify them separated by a space. E.g: 'commitizen-emoji conventional-JIRA' -
changelog_increment_filename Filename to store the incremented generated changelog. This is different to changelog as it only contains the changes for the just generated version. Example: body.md -
git_redirect_stderr Redirect git output to stderr. Useful if you do not want git output in your changelog false
git_name Name used to configure git (for git operations) github-actions[bot]
git_email Email address used to configure git (for git operations) github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
push Define if the changes should be pushed to the branch. true
merge Define if the changes should be pushed even on the pull_request event, immediately merging the pull request. false
commit Define if the changes should be committed to the branch. true
commitizen_version Specify the version to be used by commitizen. Eg: `2.21. latest
changelog Create changelog when bumping the version true
no_raise Don't raise the given comma-delimited exit codes (e.g., no_raise: '20,21'). Use with caution! Open an issue in commitizen if you need help thinking about your workflow. 21
increment Manually specify the desired increment {MAJOR,MINOR, PATCH} -
check_consistency Check consistency among versions defined in commitizen configuration and version_files false
gpg_sign If true, use GPG to sign commits and tags (for git operations). Requires separate setup of GPG key and passphrase in GitHub Actions (e.g. with the action crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg) false
debug Prints debug output to GitHub Actions stdout false

Outputs

Name Description
version The new version

The new version is also available as an environment variable under REVISION or you can access using ${{ steps.cz.outputs.version }}

Using SSH with deploy keys

  1. Create a deploy key (which is the SSH public key)
  2. Add the private key as a Secret in your repository, e.g: COMMIT_KEY
  3. Set up your action
name: Bump version

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  bump-version:
    if: "!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'bump:')"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: "Bump version and create changelog with commitizen"
    steps:
      - name: Check out
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          ssh-key: "${{ secrets.COMMIT_KEY }}"
      - name: Create bump and changelog
        uses: commitizen-tools/commitizen-action@master
        with:
          push: false
      - name: Push using ssh
        run: |
          git push origin main --tags

Creating a Github release

name: Bump version

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  bump-version:
    if: "!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'bump:')"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: "Bump version and create changelog with commitizen"
    steps:
      - name: Check out
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: "${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
      - name: Create bump and changelog
        uses: commitizen-tools/commitizen-action@master
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
          changelog_increment_filename: body.md
      - name: Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
        with:
          body_path: "body.md"
          tag_name: ${{ env.REVISION }}
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Troubleshooting

Other actions are not triggered when the tag is pushed

This problem occurs because secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN do not trigger other actions by design.

To solve it, you must use a personal access token in the checkout and the commitizen steps.

Follow the instructions in commitizen's documentation.

I'm not using conventional commits, I'm using my own set of rules on commits

If your rules can be parsed, then you can build your own commitizen rules, create a new commitizen python package, or you can describe it on the toml config itself.

Read more about customization