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README
cargo release
Features
- Ensure you are in a good state for release, including:
- Right branch
- Up-to-date with remote
- Clean tree
- Supports workspaces using cargo's native flags, like
--workspace
,--exclude
and--package
- Updates dependent crates in workspace when changing version
- Change detection to help guide in what crates might not need a release
- Optionally share commits
- Handles
cargo publish
, tagging, and pushing - Pre-release search and replace for custom version updates, including
- Updating changelogs
- Update tags in
Dockerfile
s
- Pre-release hook for extra customization, including
Install
Current release: 0.23.0
$ cargo install cargo-release
Usage
$ cargo release [level]
- See the [reference](docs/reference.md) for more on
level
, other CLI arguments, and configuration file format. - See also the [FAQ](docs/faq.md) for help in figuring out how to adapt cargo-release to your workflow.
Prerequisite
- Your project should be managed by git.
Dry run
By default, cargo-release
runs in dry-run mode so you can safely run it and
verify what it will do.
- Increase the logging level with each additional
-v
to get more details - Speed up dry-run by skipping
cargo-publish
s verify step with--no-verify
Once you are ready, pass the --execute
flag.
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Semver Compatibility
cargo-release's versioning tracks compatibility for the binaries, not the API. We upload to
crates.io to distribute the binary. If using this as a library, be sure to pin the version
with a =
version requirement operator.
License
Licensed under either of
- Apache License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) at your option.
Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the cargo-release README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.