gitlab-auto-release 4.0.4

Python script which is used to create releases on GitLab

GitLab Auto Release

This is a simple Python cli script that allows you create releases in GitLab automatically. It is intended to be used during your CI/CD. However you can chose to use it however you wish.

Usage

First you need to create a personal access token, more information here. With the scope api, so it can create the release for you. This access token is passed to the script with the --private-token argument.

pip install gitlab-auto-release
gitlab_auto_release --help

Usage: gitlab_auto_release [OPTIONS]

  Gitlab Auto Release Tool.

Options:
  --private-token TEXT    Private GITLAB token, used to authenticate when
                          calling the Release API.  [required]
  --gitlab-url TEXT       The gitlab URL i.e. gitlab.com.
                          [required]
  --project-id INTEGER    The project ID on GitLab to create the Release for.
                          [required]
  --tag-name TEXT         The tag the release should be created from.
                          [required]
  --release-name TEXT     The name of the release.  [required]
  -c, --changelog TEXT    Path to file to changelog file, will append itself to the
                          description with tag matching changelog. Must be in
                          keepachangelog format.
  -d, --description TEXT  Path to file to use as the description for the Release.
  -a, --asset TEXT        An asset to include in the release, i.e.
                          name=link_to_asset.
  --artifacts TEXT        Will include artifacts from jobs specified in
                          current pipeline. Use job name.
  --help                  Show this message and exit.

gitlab_auto_release --private-token $(private_otken) --project-id 8593636 \
  --gitlab-url https://gitlab.com/stegappasaurus/stegappasaurus-app \
  --tag-name v0.1.0 --release-name v0.1.0 --changelog CHANGELOG.md

GitLab CI

Set a secret variable in your GitLab project with your private token. Name it GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN (CI/CD > Environment Variables). This is necessary to create the release on your behalf. An example CI using this can be found here, look for the post:create:gitlab:release: job.

Add the following to your .gitlab-ci.yml file:

stages:
  - post

publish:release:
  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-automation-toolkit/gitlab-auto-release
  stage: post
  before_script: []
  script:
    - gitlab_auto_release --changelog CHANGELOG.md --artifacts lint --artifacts report

Predefined Variables

Please note some of the arguments can be filled in using environment variables defined during GitLab CI. For more information click here <https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/variables/predefined_variables.html>_.

• If --private-token is not set the script will look for the ENV variable GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN

• If --gitlab-url is not set it will look for for the ENV variable CI_SERVER_URL

• If --project-id is not set it will look for for the ENV variable CI_PROJECT_ID

• If --tag-name is not set it will look for for the ENV variable CI_COMMIT_TAG

Setup Development Environment

git clone [e-mail]:gitlab-automation-toolkit/gitlab-auto-release.git
cd gitlab-auto-release
pip install tox
make install-venv
source .venv/bin/activate
make install-dev

Changelog

You can find the changelog here.