git-tags v0.2.4

Node Git Tags

Gets and parses semver tags using Git and Node.js

Usage

Assuming you have the following git tags:

• v1.0.1
• v1.0.0
• v0.1.0-beta
• NonSemverTag

Get all semver tags

gittags.get([repo], callback(err, tags))

var gittags = require('git-tags');

gittags.get(function(err, tags) {
  if (err) throw err;

  console.log(tags);
  // ['1.0.1', '1.0.0', '0.1.0-beta']
});

// Also takes a repo location:
gittags.get('/foorepo', function(err, tags) {});

Latest

gittags.latest([repo], callback(err, latest))

gittags.latest(function(err, latest) {
  console.log(latest);
  // '1.0.1'
});

Oldest

gittags.oldest([repo], callback(err, oldest))

Same as latest but opposite.

gittags.oldest(function(err, oldest) {
  console.log(oldest);
  // '0.1.0-beta'
});

Semver Parse

Two functions relating to semver exist for convenience. parse is just semver.parse, and mmp which stands for "Major, Minor, Patch". If you need more semver stuff, you should use the node-semver module directly.

gittags.parse(tag) -> SemVer

gittags.mmp(tag) -> formattedTag

gittags.mmp('v1.3.10-beta.12');
// => '1.3.10'

var version = gittags.parse('v1.3.10-beta.12');
// <SemVer "1.3.10-beta.12">
version.prerelease;
// ['beta', 12]
version.compare('v1.3.10');
// -1
version.compare('v1.3.9');
// 1
// etc...

Note Stating the obvious, this module uses the callback fashion of async handling. This makes them easy to integrate w/ promises.

Bluebird, for example

var Q = require('bluebird');
var gittags = Q.promisifyAll(require('gittags'));

gittags.latestAsync().then(console.log);
// 1.0.1

I originally intended this to use child_process.spawn and return a stream, but I then realized these are blocking in Linux/Unix, limiting the usefulness of that. And it's Git tags so who cares?

If you want streams, you can use something like highland.js which is awesome, BTW.

License

MIT