Semantic Release Template

A small Scaf/Copier template that adds hosted semantic-release automation to a new or existing project.

Supported Git Hosts

• GitHub
• GitLab
• Codeberg
• Gitea instances
• Forgejo instances

The template creates hosted releases by default. It does not publish npm packages and it does not install semantic-release as a local dependency.

Use This Template

scaf my-project /path/to/semantic-release-template

Use in an Existing Project

Until Scaf has first-class support for applying templates to existing projects, use Copier directly from the existing project root:

cd /path/to/existing-project
copier copy /path/to/semantic-release-template . --trust

Use --defaults for non-interactive rendering:

copier copy /path/to/semantic-release-template . --trust --defaults

Copier will report conflicts for files that already exist. Review those conflicts carefully before overwriting CI or release configuration files.

Scaf support for this workflow is tracked in getscaf/scaf#546.

What Gets Rendered

• .releaserc.json
• provider-specific release CI configuration, unless docs_only is selected
• docs/semantic-release.md

Local Template Tests

just test-template-render