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How to Auto-Suggest a SemVer Bump From Git Commit Messages in Python

This code scans Git commit messages (recent or sample) and suggests the next Semantic Versioning bump type — major, minor, patch, or none.

semver git automation
Python 
import re
import subprocess
from pathlib import Path


def get_commit_messages(path="."):
    """Read commit messages from a repo or use sample messages."""
    if (Path(path) / ".git").exists():
        out = subprocess.run(
            ["git", "-C", path, "log", "--pretty=%s"], capture_output=True, text=True
       …
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