Configure plugin through pluginOptions

[acouvreur]

The only way to configure the plugin behavior is by passing arguments to the CLI.
I like to work only with a written config and at this moment global flags are only supported through the CLI.

It would be nice to be able to configure them through the json config.

Example:

const config = {
  plugins: [
    '@semantic-release/commit-analyzer',
    '@semantic-release/release-notes-generator',,
    '@semantic-release/changelog',
    [
      '@conveyal/maven-semantic-release',
      {
        skipMavenDeploy: true
      }
    ],
    '@semantic-release/git',
  ],
};

[erzz]

Oh wow - is this true (and where is THAT documented?) :) That explains why I have been banging my head against a wall for an hour !!

Yes please make it possible to contain the entire configuration in one place!

[acouvreur]

Take the example from the file lib/publish.js

The way options are retrieved is only using the context object.

maven-semantic-release/lib/publish.js

Lines 10 to 14 in 3a88d61

	module.exports = async function publish (pluginConfig, context) {
	const {logger, nextRelease, options} = context
	printVersion(logger)
	if (!options.skipMavenDeploy) {

If you read the semantic-release docs the object context retrieve the CLI, whereas the object pluginConfig is specific to the plugin. You'd also have to extract the config from pluginConfig.

I ended up forking the project and completely cleaning it from the conveyal workflow which is a workflow I do not use.

[acouvreur]

Reading the docs here : https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/blob/master/docs/usage/plugins.md#plugin-options-configuration

It seems that you could put the configuration at the root of your semantic release config file. I remember trying this out, but for some reason, couldn't achieve it.

Please tell me if you successfully achieve it.