better-semantic-release 1.2.0

Drop-in python-semantic-release fork with built-in release-safety guards (orphan-tag + registry-collision).

better-semantic-release

A drop-in fork of python-semantic-release with built-in release-safety guards.

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better-semantic-release is a drop-in fork of python-semantic-release (MIT licensed). It keeps the same [tool.semantic_release] configuration schema, the same semantic-release CLI, and the same GitHub Action interface – switching over only requires pointing the uses: line at the fork:

uses: n24q02m/better-semantic-release@v<major>

On top of that, the fork adds release-safety guards that run automatically before any commit, tag, or push is made. Guards can be opted out of per-repository under the [tool.semantic_release.bsr] table in pyproject.toml.

How it differs from upstream

Behavior	Upstream (python-semantic-release)	better-semantic-release
Orphaned release-tag detection (a rebase or force-push silently freezes releases on a tag nobody notices)	None	Built-in, fails loud
Registry-collision detection (re-publishing a version that already exists on the target registry)	None	Built-in, fails closed
Monorepo commit path filtering (commits outside a component’s configured path(s) count toward its version bump / changelog)	None	Opt-in, off by default (drop-in)
Config / CLI / GitHub Action interface	–	Identical (drop-in)

Note

The guards are on by default. The registry-collision guard auto-targets PyPI for a project that declares [project].name and fails closed – if the registry is unreachable (network / rate-limit / 5xx) it aborts the release rather than risk a double publish, which couples release availability to the registry’s uptime. Tune or disable per repository under [tool.semantic_release.bsr] (guard_orphan_tag, guard_registry_collision, registry = "pypi" | "npm" | "none").

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Guards evaluate even under --noop / dry-run – this is deliberate, so a dry-run surfaces would-be blocks instead of silently skipping the safety checks a real release would hit. In dry-run, the registry-collision guard still performs a live, read-only HTTP GET against the target registry (PyPI/npm) to check whether the computed version already exists; no commit, tag, or push is made either way.

Monorepo path filtering

Upstream’s directory: input only selects where config (pyproject.toml, tag_format, …) is read from – it does not filter which commits are analyzed, so in a monorepo a commit touching an unrelated component still bumps this component’s version and shows up in its changelog. This is opt-in and off by default (drop-in): enable it under [tool.semantic_release.bsr].

[tool.semantic_release.bsr]
path_filter = true
paths = ["apps/api", "libs/shared"]

• path_filter (default false) – master switch. When false the fork behaves identically to upstream: every commit since the last release counts, regardless of which paths it touched.

• paths (default [], repository-root-relative) – one or more path prefixes; a commit only counts toward this component if it changed a file under one of them. Multiple entries are OR’d together, which supports a component that also depends on shared code (e.g. ["apps/api", "libs/shared"]).

• When path_filter is true and paths is left empty, it defaults to the run directory (the GitHub Action’s directory: input) made relative to the repository root.

Note

Path filtering applies to both the version-bump computation and the generated changelog – a commit excluded from one is excluded from the other.

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Python Semantic Release

Automating Releases via SemVer and Commit Message Conventions

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The official documentation for Python Semantic Release can be found at python-semantic-release.readthedocs.io.

GitHub Action

When using the Python Semantic Release GitHub Action, it executes the command semantic-release version using python-semantic-release.

The usage information and examples for this GitHub Action is available under the GitHub Actions section of python-semantic-release.readthedocs.io.