# Version release for elixir
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Project version and changelog managment for elixir. Insparation for functionality is taken from [cargo-release](https://github.com/sunng87/cargo-release) package for Rust
Performs release best-practices, including:
* Ensure the git working directory is clean.
* Bump the version in mix.exs
* Create a git tag for this version
* Run mix release (disabled by default)
* Bump version for next development cycle
* Push everything to github
## Install
Current release: 0.4.0
Add to mix.exs
```elixir
def deps do
[
...other
{:version_release, "0.4.0", only: :dev, runtime: false}
...other
]
end
```
## Usage
`mix version.[level] [--dry-run | -d] [--skip-push | -g] [--skip-publish | -h] [--skip-dev-version | -v] [--skip-merge | -m] [--tag-prefix=<tag_prefix>]`
Check [reference](/docs/REFERENCE.md) for more info on levels, other configuration options and CLI commands
Or type `mix version` for quick help.
### Prerequisite
* Your project should be managed by git.
## Changelog
[Why keep a changelog and how](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
### Examples
Check this repo [config](/config/config.exs) or [elixir-version-release-tests](https://github.com/bulld0zer/elixir-version-release-tests/) repo [config](https://github.com/bulld0zer/elixir-version-release-tests/blob/master/config/config.exs) to have some examples how to configure chanelog updates.
## Merging
Sometimes it is useful to keep 2 or more branches up to date with the branch that you are doing version bump from.
See [reference merging section](/docs/REFERENCE.md#merge) for more info.
## License
Licensed under [MIT license](LICENSE)
## PS
If you found this library useful, dont forget to star it (on github) =)
