simplify release tasks, automatic changelog

README.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ If you're a developer and want to contribute to, or want to utilize this marketp
 - [✨ Code Style](#-code-style)
 - [🛳 Production](#-production)
 - [⬆️ Releases](#️-releases)
-- [Changelog](#changelog)
+- [📜 Changelog](#-changelog)
 - [🎁 Contributing](#-contributing)
 - [🏛 License](#-license)
 
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Builds the client for production to the `./client/build` folder, and the server
 From a clean `master` branch you can run any release task doing the following:
 
 - bumps the project version
+- auto-generates and updates the CHANGELOG.md file from commit messages
 - creates a Git tag
 - commits and pushes everything
 - creates a GitHub release with commit messages as description
@@ -132,30 +133,16 @@ From a clean `master` branch you can run any release task doing the following:
 You can execute the script using {major|minor|patch} as first argument to bump the version accordingly:
 
 - To bump a patch version: `npm run release`
-- To bump a minor version: `npm run release-minor`
-- To bump a major version: `npm run release-major`
+- To bump a minor version: `npm run release minor`
+- To bump a major version: `npm run release major`
 
-By creating the Git tag with these tasks, Travis will trigger a new Kubernetes deployment automatically aftr a successful tag build.
+By creating the Git tag with these tasks, Travis will trigger a new Kubernetes live deployment automatically, after a successful tag build.
 
 For the GitHub releases steps a GitHub personal access token, exported as `GITHUB_TOKEN` is required. [Setup](https://github.com/release-it/release-it#github-releases)
 
-## Changelog
+## 📜 Changelog
 
-See the [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) file.
-
-This file is auto-generated from commit & PR messages upon running:
-
-```bash
-npm run changelog
-```
-
-This will update the CHANGELOG.md file with commit messages in a nice format. Doing a release will not automatically update that changelog file. So after every release this needs to done with the above command and simply committed back into `master`.
-
-For convenience, you can use this command which updates the CHANGELOG.md file, commits the result, and pushes changes to `master`:
-
-```bash
-npm run changelog:commit
-```
+See the [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) file. This file is auto-generated during the above mentioned release process.
 
 ## 🎁 Contributing
 

package.json

@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@
     "lint:js": "eslint --ignore-path .gitignore --ignore-path .prettierignore --ext .ts,.tsx .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint --fix --ignore-path .gitignore --ignore-path .prettierignore --ext .ts,.tsx .",
     "lint": "npm run lint:js && npm run lint:css",
-    "release": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release-it.js --git.tagName='v${version}' --github.release --non-interactive --no-npm.publish",
-    "release-minor": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release-it.js minor --git.tagName='v${version}' --github.release --non-interactive --no-npm.publish",
-    "release-major": "./node_modules/release-it/bin/release-it.js major --git.tagName='v${version}' --github.release --non-interactive --no-npm.publish",
-    "changelog": "auto-changelog",
-    "changelog:commit": "npm run changelog && git add CHANGELOG.md && git commit -m 'update changelog' && git push",
-    "beforeStage": "npm run changelog"
+    "release": "release-it --non-interactive",
+    "changelog": "auto-changelog -p"
   },
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -45,5 +41,21 @@
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/oceanprotocol/commons"
+  },
+  "release-it": {
+    "scripts": {
+      "beforeStart": "npm test",
+      "beforeStage": "npm run changelog",
+      "afterRelease": "echo Successfully released ${name} v${version} to ${repo.repository}."
+    },
+    "git": {
+      "tagName": "v${version}"
+    },
+    "github": {
+      "release": true
+    },
+    "npm": {
+      "publish": false
+    }
   }
 }