Release CLI

Release Skill

Tag and push a new semver release for the cli component.

Steps

1. Detect upstream remote — find the remote that points to kubetail-org/kubetail:

   git remote -v | grep 'kubetail-org/kubetail' | head -1 | awk '{print $1}'
   

   Store the result as {upstream}. If no remote matches, stop and ask the user which remote to use.

2. Verify branch and state:

   • Run git fetch {upstream} to update remote refs
   • Run git status -uno to confirm working tree is clean
   • Run git rev-parse HEAD and git rev-parse {upstream}/main to confirm HEAD is at {upstream}/main

   If working tree is dirty or HEAD is not at {upstream}/main, stop and ask the user to resolve before continuing.

3. Find latest CLI tag:

   git tag --list "cli/v*" | sort -V | tail -1
   

4. Check for changes since latest tag — run:

   git log {latest-tag}..HEAD --oneline -- modules/cli/ modules/dashboard/ modules/shared/ dashboard-ui/
   

   • If no commits touch these paths, skip (no release needed)

5. Determine new version using semver — analyze commits:

   • Patch (Z+1): bug fixes, tests, docs, refactors, chores, ci changes
   • Minor (Y+1, reset Z=0): new backwards-compatible features
   • Major (X+1, reset Y=0, Z=0): breaking changes

   Use conventional commit prefixes as hints (fix: → patch, feat: → minor, BREAKING CHANGE → major), but read the actual messages to make a judgment call.

6. Confirm with user before tagging — present a summary:

   Component | Current tag  | New tag      | Reason
   ----------|--------------|--------------|-------
   cli       | cli/v0.3.1   | cli/v0.4.0   | new feature: dark mode support
   

   Wait for explicit user confirmation before proceeding.

7. Tag and push:

   git tag -s cli/v{X.Y.Z} -m "release: cli/v{X.Y.Z}"
   git push {upstream} cli/v{X.Y.Z}
   

   Confirm the push succeeded.

Rules

• NEVER skip the user confirmation step — always show the summary and wait for approval.
• NEVER tag or push without user confirmation.
• NEVER use --no-verify or --force when pushing tags.
• If git status shows uncommitted changes, stop immediately and tell the user to commit or stash first.
• If HEAD is not at {upstream}/main, stop immediately and tell the user to check out {upstream}/main first.