semantic version utility

semantic version utility (svu) is a small helper for release scripts and workflows.

It provides utility commands and functions to increase specific portions of the version. It can also figure the next version out automatically by looking through the git history.

Check svu --help for the list of sub-commands and flags.

This is probably the command you'll use the most.

It checks your git log, and automatically increases and returns the new version based on this table:

alias gtn='git tag $(svu next)'

Every flag option can also be set in a .svu.yml in the current directory/repository root folder, for example:

tag.prefix: ""
always: true
v0: true

Names are the same as the flags themselves.

brew install caarlos0/tap/svu

echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://apt.fury.io/caarlos0/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/caarlos0.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install svu

echo '[caarlos0]
name=caarlos0
baseurl=https://yum.fury.io/caarlos0/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0' | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/caarlos0.repo
sudo yum install svu

docker run --rm -v $PWD:/tmp --workdir /tmp ghcr.io/caarlos0/svu --help

go install github.com/caarlos0/svu/v3@latest

Logo art and concept by @carinebecker.