fix: handle semantic version releases with tags only (#225)

## What
Remove version management in code (use git tags and releases only). We
will have a full changelog in the git release history visible to all
users but we will not copy that history to a CHANGELOG.md.

.github/workflows/develop.yml

@@ -130,4 +130,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Python Semantic Release
       uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@master
       with:
+        changelog: "false"
+        vcs-release: "true"
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -130,5 +130,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Python Semantic Release
       uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@master
       with:
+        changelog: "false"
+        vcs-release: "true"
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ This project currently implements python-semantic-release defaults in [pyproject
 
 ### Automated releases
 
-Release branch groups are configured in [pyproject.toml](pyproject.toml). Merges in to the develop branch generate pre release candidates. When the develop branch is merged into main, new releases are generated by dropping the `rc.<increment>` from the release candidate version. Release changelogs are generated from conventional commit messages.
+Release branch groups are configured in [pyproject.toml](pyproject.toml). Merges in to the develop branch generate pre release candidates. When the develop branch is merged into main, new releases are generated by dropping the `rc.<increment>` from the release candidate version. Release changes are generated from conventional commit messages.
+
+> **Note:** Release versions are managed with git tags only to avoid managing an admin token for the release action.
 
 ## Tips and tools
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.semantic_release]
-version_variables = ["setup.py:__version__"]
+version_source = "tag_only"
 assets = []
 commit_message = "{version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-release"
 commit_parser = "angular"
@@ -17,34 +17,14 @@ match = "develop"
 prerelease = true
 prerelease_token = "rc"
 
-[tool.semantic_release.changelog]
-template_dir = "templates"
-changelog_file = "CHANGELOG.md"
-exclude_commit_patterns = []
-
-[tool.semantic_release.changelog.environment]
-block_start_string = "{%"
-block_end_string = "%}"
-variable_start_string = "{{"
-variable_end_string = "}}"
-comment_start_string = "{#"
-comment_end_string = "#}"
-trim_blocks = false
-lstrip_blocks = false
-newline_sequence = "\n"
-keep_trailing_newline = false
-extensions = []
-autoescape = true
-
-[tool.semantic_release.commit_author]
-env = "GIT_COMMIT_AUTHOR"
-default = "semantic-release <semantic-release>"
-
 [tool.semantic_release.commit_parser_options]
 allowed_tags = ["build", "chore", "ci", "docs", "feat", "fix", "perf", "style", "refactor", "test"]
 minor_tags = ["feat"]
 patch_tags = ["fix", "perf"]
 
+[tool.semantic_release.changelog]
+exclude_commit_patterns = ["(?!build|chore|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|style|refactor|test).*$"]
+
 [tool.semantic_release.remote]
 name = "origin"
 type = "github"

setup.py

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 with open("README.md") as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-# This version is managed by python-semantic-release using github release tags; manual changes will be overwritten
-__version__ = "0.0.0"
-
 extra_reqs = {
     "dev": ["pre-commit", "python-dotenv"],
     "deploy": [
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@
 
 setup(
     name="veda-backend",
-    version=__version__,
     description="",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",