Does this also work with a config file in the root directory when using lerna? about semantic-release-monorepo

[pmowrer]

Should I add semantic-release and semantic-release-monorepo to the devDependencies beforehand (as hinted by the --no-install flag) or are these dependencies installed with npx?

I believe this is addressed in the immediately following line in the README. Is this not clear? Could the language be improved?

Thanks to how npx's package resolution works, if the repository root is in $PATH (typically true on CI), semantic-release and semantic-release-monorepo can be installed once in the repo root instead of in each individual package, likely saving both time and disk space.

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Also, can I use a config file in my monorepo root directory instead of passing all configuration options as cli arguments like above?

By "config file", do you mean a lerna config file? Which CLI arguments were you hoping to eliminate?

First of all, thank you for replying! Maintaining open source projects for essentially nothing takes time and money that could go elsewhere, so I really appreciate your response.

By "config file", do you mean a lerna config file? Which CLI arguments were you hoping to eliminate?

I mean the ``.releaserc/release.config.js` file used to configure semantic-release. Can I just place one in my root directory (with the `extends `option etc in it) and then call semantic-release like so:

lerna exec --concurrency 1 -- npx --no-install semantic-release

Or do I have to pass all the options as command line arguments like in your example? (with the -e flag etc)
Thanks in advance!

[pmowrer]

I mean the ``.releaserc/release.config.jsfile used to configure semantic-release. Can I just place one in my root directory (with theextends `option etc in it)

I don't think so, because semantic-release looks for the config file relative to the current working directory (ie each package's root dir).

However, I think you should be able to put all your configuration in a release config file and then pass it via the -e flag.

Thanks again, I'll try that.
Unrelated to your plugin, I'd be very grateful if you could help me out a little with this question: Would you recommend using Git(hub) for a monorepo (in a small team) or should I use something like Perforce Helix Core or SVN (due to their higher efficiency with one large repo) instead? 🙏
I'll close this issue for now.

[pmowrer]

Sorry, don't think I can help you with that. I've never used Perforce, and SVN I haven't touched in 10+ years.