Can I use this on an existing project with history?

Yes, Version Init can scan your existing git history to generate an initial CHANGELOG.md and identify the current version state from your configuration files.

Does this skill require git-cliff to be installed?

No, git-cliff is the recommended method for automated changelogs, but Version Init also supports manual CHANGELOG.md management, git-tags-only workflows, and custom approaches.

Does it automatically modify my files?

Version Init will ask for your permission before creating configuration files, generating changelogs, or synchronizing version numbers across your project files.

Which programming languages and project types are supported?

The skill detects a wide variety of project files including package.json (Node), Cargo.toml (Rust), pyproject.toml (Python), go.mod (Go), pom.xml (Java), and many others.

How does it handle multiple version files?

It scans for all relevant project files, reports the versions found in each, and offers an optional step to sync all files to the highest detected version for consistency.

Version Init

Name: Version Init
Author: jason-hchsieh

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Deployment & DevOps

Bootstraps semantic versioning for projects by detecting project types, initializing changelog configurations, and generating initial version history.

Version Init automates the foundational setup of semantic versioning for software projects, providing a streamlined workflow to establish consistent release management. It intelligently detects project environments across dozens of languages—including Node.js, Python, Rust, and Go—and offers multiple management strategies ranging from manual changelog tracking to automated generation via git-cliff. By identifying existing version states and synchronizing them across configuration files, this skill ensures your project follows industry-standard Semantic Versioning (SemVer) principles from day one.

Key Features

01Interactive git-cliff configuration and keepachangelog initialization

02Support for manual, tag-only, or automated versioning workflows

03Automated CHANGELOG.md generation from existing git history

040 GitHub stars

05Automatic project type detection for Node.js, Rust, Python, Go, and more

06Multi-file version synchronization for project consistency

Use Cases

01Setting up structured versioning for a new open-source project

02Migrating a legacy repository to use automated changelogs with git-cliff

03Standardizing version numbers across multiple configuration files like package.json and pyproject.toml

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add jason-hchsieh/marketplace version-init

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