gh-release

name	gh-release
description	Automates version bumping in manifest.json and creating GitHub releases for Home Assistant custom components. Use when releasing a new version of a project.

GitHub Release Skill

Overview

This skill automates the process of creating a new release for a Home Assistant custom component. It finds the manifest.json file, updates the version, commits the change, and then creates a GitHub release using the gh CLI tool.

Semantic Versioning (SemVer)

This project follows Semantic Versioning (SemVer) for releasing versions. SemVer uses a MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format:

• MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes.
• MINOR version when you add functionality in a backward compatible manner.
• PATCH version when you make backward compatible bug fixes.

Example: 1.0.0 -> 1.1.0 (new feature), 1.1.0 -> 1.1.1 (bug fix), 1.1.1 -> 2.0.0 (breaking change).

Usage

To use this skill, execute the create-release.sh script from the root of your project with the desired new version number as an argument.

Example:

./scripts/create-release.sh 0.9.1

This will perform the following actions:

1. Ensure the working directory is clean and in the main branch.
2. Find the manifest.json file in the current directory and its subdirectories.
3. Update the version field in the found manifest.json to 0.9.1.
4. Stage the manifest.json file.
5. Commit the change with the message chore(release): 0.9.1.
6. Push the changes to the main branch.
7. Create a GitHub release named 0.9.1 with auto-generated release notes using gh release create "0.9.1" --generate-notes.

Requirements

• gh CLI tool must be installed and authenticated.
• The script should be run from the root of the project repository.
• The script expects to find exactly one manifest.json file in the project. If zero or more than one are found, the script will exit with an error.

Resources

scripts/

• create-release.sh: The main script that performs the release automation.