# Git-Based Semantic Versioning This action produces a [semantic version](https://semver.org) for a repository using the repository's git history. This action is designed to facilitate assigning version numbers during a build automatically while publishing version that only increment by one value per release. To accomplish this, the next version number is calculated along with a commit increment indicating the number of commits for this version. The commit messages are inspected to determine the type of version change the next version represents. Including the term `(MAJOR)` or `(MINOR)` in the commit message alters the type of change the next version will represent. # Usage ```yaml - uses: paulhatch/semantic-version@v1-beta with: # The branch to count commits on branch: "master" # The prefix to use to identify tags tag_prefix: "v" # A string which, if present in a git commit, indicates that a change represents a major (breaking) change major_pattern: "(MAJOR)" # Same as above except indicating a minor change minor_pattern: "(MINOR)" ```