andrei15193 / automated-versioning

This is an experimental repository. I want to implement a way of creating versions from a base version (specified by the project, usually major and minor versions as they are generally manually managed) and append an automatically generated build version or increment for prereleases. The repository contains a number of projects where each would have its own package, each package version is tracked independently. When a base project is released, releases for dependent projects are created as well.

This project aims to test a way of generating automated versions for projects and create releases for dependent projects when the base project has a new release.

Each release has a unique version and each project has its own version which is tracked, and changed, independently of one another. This is particularly useful for releases in dependent projects without having a release in the base project. For instance, Project 2 can get to version 1.0.5 while Project 3 is at 1.3.2 and Project 1 is at 1.1.0.

The major and minor versions are generally manually managed as it is hard to determine whether a series of commits include a new feature that is released and even more so to determine if it is a breaking change automatically. It is far more easier to modify these versions manually. What we need to be generated automatically is the build version and in case of prereleases, the increment for that particular prerelease.

Structure

Project 1

• Project 2 (depends on Project 1)
• Project 3 (depends on Project 1)

Releases of Project 1 generate releases for Project 2 and Project 3 for version bumps. Releases for Project 2 or Project 3 do not generate any other releases. Versions are tracked independently for each project.

All of this is done using GitHub Actions.