crank v0.0.8

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

assumptions

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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