Being able to choose file to bump version

[tbnovaes]

It would be great if we could specify a file to have the version bumped instead of using package.json

For example: I have an angular app running inside docker. However, to build it we need to install all the dependencies on package.json, the thing is these dependencies doesn't change in every deployment. But because standard-release bump the version of package.json file, docker can not benefit from the cache.

It would be great if instead we could specify a version file, so we could benefit from automatic versioning and also from docker caching.

[bcoe]

@jbottigliero does this mesh with some of the work you've been doing related to supporting bumping the version of arbitrary file types?

[skipjack]

Or even specify multiple package.json files to modify. For example, I have a subpackage that I'd like to keep in sync with the main version. I'm looking into workarounds for this and haven't found a clean/simple implementation yet.

[skipjack]

Just noticed #225 and realized maybe lerna is the right solution for multiple files? Personally I think that addition wouldn't be too bad here but I understand not wanting to muddy the scope for standard-version if you want to keep it more focused on simple one-package projects.

[jbottigliero]

Hey All,

Yes - it sounds like this should be resolved by #372

[jbottigliero]

This change has landed in master and will be included in the next major release – see the README for details.