Automatically Bumping the NPM Package Semver Patch Version

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Automatically Bumping the NPM Package Semver Patch Version

Scenario

Before publishing our NPM Package we want to automatically bump the semver patch version.

Approach

We will be using the NPM package @jsdevtools/version-bump-prompt to perform the automatic bump.

@jsdevtools/version-bump-prompt

In the scripts section add the install script for it, such that users of the package know where the bump command comes from.

"scripts": {
    "ig": "npm install -g @jsdevtools/version-bump-prompt"
}

Now to install the bump command globally run npm run ig .

Next add a script that bumps the projects patch version:

"scripts": {
...
    "bp": "bump patch"
}

To bump the projects patch version run npm run bp.