Plugin: updater-go

Updates a Go source file that exposes the project version. It is typically used to keep a version.go constant in sync with the SemRel release version.

Installation

go install github.com/SemRels/updater-go@latest

Each plugin is a standalone Go binary. Keep it on your PATH or reference it with path: in .semrel.yaml. If you keep secrets in a .env file, load them with semrel --env-file .env release.

Configuration

version: 1
plugins:
  - name: updater-go
    path: updater-go
    args:
      file: version.go
      variable: Version

Environment Variables

Name	Required	Default	Description
SEMREL_PLUGIN_FILE	no	version.go	Go source file to update.
SEMREL_PLUGIN_VARIABLE	no	Version	Variable or constant name that holds the version string.

Release Context Variables

• SEMREL_NEXT_VERSION
• SEMREL_CURRENT_VERSION
• SEMREL_TAG_NAME
• SEMREL_DRY_RUN

Behavior

For a 1.4.0 release, the updater can change const Version = "1.3.2" to const Version = "1.4.0".

Source

• SemRels/updater-go