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doc: update CHANGELOG markdown for release-please
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ci: add .github/workflows/release-please.yml
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chore: update commit guidelines in PR template
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ci: remove "travis" prefix for release-please
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ci: add more prefixes for release-please
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
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Expand Up @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Contributor guide: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
- [ ] `npm install && npm test` passes
- [ ] tests are included <!-- Bug fixes and new features should include tests -->
- [ ] documentation is changed or added
- [ ] commit message follows [commit guidelines](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md#commit-message-guidelines)
- [ ] commit message follows [commit guidelines](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please#how-should-i-write-my-commits)
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Could link to Electron's commit message guidelines, which are a lot like Node's (forked docs based on NodeJS's docs), but based around Conventional Commits: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/development/pull-requests.md#commit-message-guidelines

On the other hand, emphasizing fix: feat: and BREAKING-CHANGE: semver hints would help for the release proposal PRs to know whether to bump patch, minor or major. Maybe we should have our own docs page about this?

For dealing with semver manually, release-please-action can be told to release a specific version, by posting a commit with a Release-As: x.y.z footer: https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/tree/v11.11.0#how-do-i-change-the-version-number. So maintainers can just do that and not worry very much about individual commit messages, if the need arises.

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Maybe link to release-please.yml.


##### Description of change
<!-- Provide a description of the change -->
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name: release-please

on:
push:
branches:
- master
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master or main ?!?


jobs:
release-please:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v2
id: release
with:
package-name: node-gyp
release-type: node
changelog-types: >
[{"type":"feat","section":"Features","hidden":false},
{"type":"fix","section":"Bug Fixes","hidden":false},
{"type":"bin","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"gyp","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"lib","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"src","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"test","section":"Tests","hidden":false},
{"type":"build","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"configure","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"install","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"deps","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"python","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"win","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"zos","section":"Core","hidden":false},
{"type":"doc","section":"Doc","hidden":false},
{"type":"docs","section":"Doc","hidden":false},
{"type":"readme","section":"Doc","hidden":false},
{"type":"chore","section":"Miscellaneous","hidden":false},
{"type":"refactor","section":"Miscellaneous","hidden":false},
{"type":"ci","section":"Miscellaneous","hidden":false},
{"type":"travis","section":"Miscellaneous","hidden":false},
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Travis looks redundant here

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Thanks for the feedback.

Travis makes sense to remove, especially since we are only using GitHub Actions now. It's not hurting anything, I think, but it is odd to see it there.

This list is the full set of prefixes that will be included in (read: won't be omitted from) the Changelog.

I expect people won't use most of these, but commit prefixes that release-please doesn't recognize are left out of the Changelog entirely. I added almost every prefix I saw in the commit history, going all the way back to the first commit to just before the early releases, although I ignored most of the stuff from before NodeJS-style commit metadata were in use. My thinking was "the more the better," for comprehensive coverage. I didn't want anything that is merged to be left out of the Changelog.

On the other hand, leaving certain prefixes out of the list would be a way to intentionally exclude them from the final Changelog. If that would be preferred, (to "reduce clutter" in the Changelog, I suppose?), then I can remove some more of these. (For example: the default for chore: is exclusion from the Changelog, but now with chore: on the list, those commits will be included. I thought including them was better.)

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Ones I missed or decided not to include:

  • tools: (used for some small gyp tweaks back in 2018/2019: ea9aff4, e8ea74e, 6f5a408. Two of these patches were ported from nodejs/node's tools/gyp. the original prefix from nodejs/node was preserved.)
  • History: (apparently CHANGELOG.md used to be History.md. 89fe781)
  • addon: (another small gyp tweak: be4ea59)
  • rebuild: (adjustments to the node-gyp rebuild subcommand: 2f675ab, 0eacc90)
  • package: (Various updates to package.json, e.g.: d535620. This doesn't seem like a good prefix to use, in my opinion.)
  • nopt: (Widening the version range for the nopt package in package.json... a93752f.)
  • node-gyp: (Updates to the lib/node-gyp.js file: e82e438, b4302a3, c4bb689)
  • xcode_emulation: (A patch cherry-picked from upstream gyp that allows running on macOS with "command line tools" rather than full Xcode. The original prefix from upstream was preserved: 5785bae)
  • node_modules: (pruning unnecessary dirs from the (at that time checked-in) node_modules dir: 484b286)
  • addon.gypi: (adjustments to the addon.gypi file)
  • remove (the remove subcommand of node-gyp (lib/remove.js): 800179a, 119e030)
  • legacy: (an old legacy dir, now removed.)
  • jshintrc: (An old .jshintrc config file, now removed: b3a147e)
  • windows: (fully-spelled-out win:: 23bd601)
  • list: (The list subcommand of node-gyp (lib/list.js): ae4d8d1)
  • core: (Various updates to the files under lib/: a185536, ae39e1a, 62e5851, 1354d27)
  • 'clean': (adjustment to the clean subcommand of node-gyp... quoted for some reason: 06aac83)

Of these, I think I want to add:

  • The rest of the subcommands (clean:, list:, rebuild:, remove:).
    • And to complete the lib/ folder set, maybe node-gyp: for lib/node-gyp.js, but I think we should really use lib: for that instead.
  • Probably add windows:, which in turn makes me want to add mac: and macOS:, linux: and maybe lin:.

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Updated.

Although I think maybe encouraging people to just use chore: fix: and feat: might be simpler and for the best. In which case dropping all the custom configured prefixes might be the most appropriate move. (And consider adding a bot that enforces Conventional Commits commit messages? Which might annoy/drive away new contributors... maintainer discipline in what messages are used when landing commits would also take care of the problem without the need for a bot.)

Edit to add: It is possible to lint the commit messages to conform with Conventional Commits with a GitHub Action. I've seen this one used before: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/commit-linter

{"type":"meta","section":"Miscellaneous","hidden":false}]
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