GitFlow Version Plugin

Table of Contents

• Summary
• Plugin Extension "gitflowVersion"
  • Gradle Properties
  • Properties
  • Version Calculation - Summary
• Tasks
• Contribute
• License

Note	This plugins requires Gradle 8.5 and later.

Summary

This plugin calculates the version from the Git repository. The plugin assumes that the used workflow follows the GitFlow principle. See https://infos.seibert-media.net/display/Productivity/Git-Workflows+-+Der+Gitflow-Workflow (DE) or https://datasift.github.io/gitflow/IntroducingGitFlow.html (EN).

The version depends on the local repository, and the current active branch, and the tag. Furthermore, the plugin checks the local sources if there are uncommitted changes in the source repository.

With the task showVersion it is possible to check the current version. Please switch to the info log level if you need more information about the calculation.

Plugin Extension "gitflowVersion"

It is possible to configure the separator, prefixes, branch names, and type of version. With one Gradle property it is possible to change the version to "local".

Gradle Properties

Property	Type	Default value	Description
localVersion	String	""	If this value is 'true', the version is always "LOCAL". This can be used for local development and configured in the user gradle.properties file

Properties

Property	Type	Default value	Description
defaultVersion	String	1.0.0	This is the default version if no other information is available
mainBranch	String	master	Name of the main branch, used for release version
developBranch	String	develop	Name of the developer branch, used for integration
majorBranch	String	major	Name of the major-version branch, used for next major version development
hotfixPrefix	String	hotfix	Prefix for hotfix branches, used for bug fix development
featurePrefix	String	feature	Prefix for feature branches, used for feature development
releasePrefix	String	release	Prefix for release branches, used for release preparation
supportPrefix	String	support	Prefix for support branches
versionPrefix	String	version	Prefix for version tags
separator	String	/	Separator for branches and tags
versionType	String	three	Type of the version - three digits or four digits version number. Possible values are three or four
versionService	String	(read only)	Service for version calculation
version	String	(read only)	This is the calculated version
previousVersion	String	(read only)	This is the calculated previous version on the branch
branchName	String	(read only)	This is the current branch name
fullbranch	Boolean	false	If this is true, the branch name is used as a part of the version

Groovy

build.gradle

plugins {
    id 'com.intershop.gradle.version.gitflow' version '{latestRevision}'
}

gitflowVersion {
    versionType = "three"

    defaultVersion = "2.0.0"
    mainBranch = "master"
    developBranch = "develop"
    hotfixPrefix = "hotfix"
    featurePrefix = "feature"
    releasePrefix = "release"
    supportPrefix = "support"
}

version = gitflowVersion.version

Kotlin

build.gradle.kts

plugins {
    id("com.intershop.gradle.version.gitflow") version "{latestRevision}"
}

gitflowVersion {
    versionType = "three"

    defaultVersion = "2.0.0"
    mainBranch = "master"
    developBranch = "develop"
    majorBranch = "major"
    hotfixPrefix = "hotfix"
    featurePrefix = "feature"
    releasePrefix = "release"
    supportPrefix = "support"
}

version = gitflowVersion.version

Version Calculation - Summary

• Main Branch (master)
  The plugin searches for a tag on the branch with the version prefix. If there is no tag, the default value is used and extended with SNAPSHOT. If the current commit is without a tag, the first found tag is used for the calculation and also extended with SNAPSHOT. When the current commit has a tag with the version extension, the version is used from the tag name.

• Developer Branch (develop) The version is always 'dev-SNAPSHOT'. No other version information is possible on the branch.

• Feature / Hotfix Branch (feature / hotfix) The version is always the ticket number - if available - and the branchname is a hash without letters extended with SNAPSHOT. Example: branch is feature/1234_branch-name → '1234.34354645645554455344-SNAPSHOT'

• Release branches (release) The version is calculated from the branch name and extended with SNAPSHOT. Example: release/7.11 → '7.11.0.0-SNAPSHOT' (Version type is 'four')

• Support branches (support) The version is calculated from tags. The branch is used for LTS releases after a new major version is created.

• Major branch The version is always <major_branch_name>-SNAPSHOT. The branch is a feature branch with major changes, therefore the prefix is always feature. So the complete default path is feature/major.

Tasks

Task name	Type	Description
showVersion	ShowVersion	Shows the current version and the previous version of the current working copy
createChangLog	CreateChangLog	Creates a changelog for the current working copy, starting with the previous version or with the first commit if there is no previous version

Contribute

See here for details.

License

Copyright 2014-2020 Intershop Communications.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.