ArchiveBox / ArchiveBox/archivebox-browser-extension
Automated release pipeline
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 477
- Forks
- 43
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
When publishing a new version of this extension, these manual steps need to be taken by a human (me!):
**Chrome Web Store**
- Log into dashboard
- Zip extension `dist` directory
- Upload new version
- Update metadata if needed, for e.g. new permissions or changelog
- Submit for review
**Firefox Addons**
- Log into dashboard
- Zip extension `dist` directory
- Zip extension source code (manually excluding all the stuff in the `.gitignore`)
- Upload new version & source code
- Write changelog and reviewer notes
- Submit for review
That's a lot of work! And, more importantly, it's work that can be done by robots. There should be a GitHub Actions workflow that performs these actions on a release:
- [ ] Automatically writes a changelog based on commit messages between last version
- [ ] Automatically packages and uploads to Chrome Web Store
- [ ] Automatically packages and uploads **both** distribution and source to Firefox Addons
- [ ] Uploads a `.crx` and `.xpi` as release artifacts for people that want it for some reason
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
Research direction
Start by inspecting the repository's existing release configuration, the dist directory, and .gitignore. Determine how a GitHub Actions workflow could package the extension and source, generate a changelog, and authenticate with both store dashboards. Done means a release produces Chrome and Firefox uploads plus .crx and .xpi artifacts, with the listed metadata and review information handled automatically.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions, typescript
- Domain
- ci-cd, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100