CRANK

a tool to update version number and changelog, for npm module development

usage

crank version {part}

increments version in package.json
{part} is major, minor, or patch. defaults to patch

crank changelog {file}

updates changelog. {file} defaults to Changelog.md

intentions

node modules: Used to manage node modules. (Assumes package.json, etc.)
move into the future: Interface designed primarily to increment/update package metadata.
for build systems: Intended to use in a build system (gmake, ant, phing, etc).
Expects to be intermixed with other commands.
(This lets it focus on what it does well -- and not try to do everything.)
semantic versioning: By default, makes it easy to manage packages that use semantic versioning.
read-only: Doesn't commit to the SCM. (See "not try to do everything" above.)
config file (optional): Options given mainly by config file (instead of commandline arguments).
This makes it easier to create re-usable "recipes".
(For example, using a config file means that it can be commited to the SCM.)

assumptions

single change ID: Change ID ("revision", "commit", etc) of target diretory applies homogeneously to all files/subdirectories in the target.
clean target: No modified files in the target directory.
CWD in module root: Generally expected to be run in same directory as package.json.

config

* not really needed for simple use cases
* defaults to crank.json in the current working directory
* can be specified with a commandline argument

* target: directory to track
* defaults to current working directory
* changelog:
* file: path on disk
* relative path is relative to the target
* template: template type, or path on disk
* defaults to file extension
* simple string taken as one of the built-in template types to use
* builtin types are md (markdown) and txt (plain text)
* otherwise, template to use
* changes:
* dateformat: string
* format to use for change dates
* filters: list of objects describing how to modify changes
* subject: string message, author, date, or changeid
* regexp: string
* replace: string
* if results in --CRANK:SKIP-- then change is skipped
* versions:
* dateformat: string
* format to use for revision dates
* filters: list of objects describing how to modify versions
* subject: string version, date, or changeid
* regexp: string
* replace: string
* if results in --CRANK:SKIP-- then version is skipped

template

* good old mustache

* {{version}} string
* {{date}} string, date that crank was run
* {{changeid}} string
* {{changes}} list of objects
* {{changeid}} string
* {{date}} string
* {{author}} string
* {{message}} string

license

MIT License

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