Pre-commit integration

[Wyko]

Feature request

I noticed that in issue #62 there was mention of pre-commit hooks, and it got me thinking: Would you be able to create a hook for pre-commit that automatically bumps version on each commit?

From personal experience, pre-commit (the package) doesn't play nicely with manual pre-commit hooks, so it would be nice if we could integrate everything under their ecosystem. It would definitely help my workflow a lot!

[coordt]

I can't say that I've ever heard of a workflow that increments the version on commit. With the current workload I don't see this becoming a priority unless others are also interested.

[azataiot]

Incrementing the version on commit will be too much overkill.

Normally a commit is a simple state change that recorded.But a version is a complete state change in the code, like a feature, a new endpoint or a service etc.

[lnxpy]

I'm just imagining how would your Linux kernel version look like then. It has over 1.2M commits by now. (torvalds/linux)

Technically, that's not a good idea. Neither is an awful one. In some very certain cases and situations, it might be helpful. As a solution, you are able to run shell scripts in your .pre-commit-config.yaml file.

You can simply put bump-my-version major/minor/patch in there, but be VERY careful as you might get trapped in a circular infinite loop of pre-commit checking and version-bumping.

When you git commit, your hook will get triggered. If the commit flag is enabled for bump-my-version, it'll commit once again, which will cause your hook to execute right after, bump the version and so on and so forth!