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

Binary

semrel plugin install @semrel/updater-go

semrel plugin install downloads the binary to .semrel/plugins/ and updates .semrel.lock. Commit .semrel.lock to pin the version for your team.

Docker

Pre-built, signed multi-platform images (linux/amd64, linux/arm64) are published on every release:

docker pull ghcr.io/semrels/updater-go:latest

Verify the image signature with cosign:

cosign verify ghcr.io/semrels/updater-go:latest \
  --certificate-identity-regexp 'https://github.com/SemRels/updater-go/.github/workflows/release.yml.*' \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com

Configuration

version: 1
plugins:
  - uses: @semrel/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