feat: add --prerelease flag

package.json

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 		"eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.2.3",
 		"find-up": "^7.0.0",
 		"parse-author": "^2.0.0",
+		"semver": "^7.7.1",
 		"tar": "^7.4.3",
 		"webpack": "^5.97.1",
 		"webpack-cli": "^6.0.1",

scripts/build.js

@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@ import { findUp } from 'find-up'
 import * as tar from 'tar'
 import { validateManifest } from '@companion-module/base'
 import { createRequire } from 'module'
+import * as semver from 'semver'
 
 if (process.platform === 'win32') {
 	usePowerShell() // to enable powershell
 }
 
 if (argv.help) {
-	console.log('Usage: build.js [--dev]')
+	console.log('Usage: build.js [--dev] [--prerelease]')
 	console.log('Builds the companion module')
 	console.log('  --dev: Build in development mode. This will not minify the code, making it easier to debug.')
+	console.log('  --prerelease: Build in prerelease mode. This gets added as metadata to the manifest')
 	process.exit(0)
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +73,12 @@ manifestJson.runtime.entrypoint = '../main.js'
 manifestJson.version = srcPackageJson.version
 manifestJson.runtime.api = 'nodejs-ipc'
 manifestJson.runtime.apiVersion = frameworkPackageJson.version
+
+// Bake in the prerelease flag if using module-base which is new enough
+if (semver.gt(manifestJson.runtime.apiVersion, '1.12.0-0')) {
+	manifestJson.isPreRelease = !!argv.prerelease
+}
+
 await fs.writeFile(path.resolve('./pkg/companion/manifest.json'), JSON.stringify(manifestJson))
 
 // Make sure the manifest is valid

yarn.lock

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ __metadata:
     find-up: "npm:^7.0.0"
     parse-author: "npm:^2.0.0"
     prettier: "npm:^3.4.2"
+    semver: "npm:^7.7.1"
     tar: "npm:^7.4.3"
     typescript-eslint: "npm:^8.23.0"
     webpack: "npm:^5.97.1"
@@ -2113,12 +2114,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"semver@npm:^7.5.4, semver@npm:^7.6.0, semver@npm:^7.6.3":
-  version: 7.6.3
-  resolution: "semver@npm:7.6.3"
+"semver@npm:^7.5.4, semver@npm:^7.6.0, semver@npm:^7.6.3, semver@npm:^7.7.1":
+  version: 7.7.1
+  resolution: "semver@npm:7.7.1"
   bin:
     semver: bin/semver.js
-  checksum: 10c0/88f33e148b210c153873cb08cfe1e281d518aaa9a666d4d148add6560db5cd3c582f3a08ccb91f38d5f379ead256da9931234ed122057f40bb5766e65e58adaf
+  checksum: 10c0/fd603a6fb9c399c6054015433051bdbe7b99a940a8fb44b85c2b524c4004b023d7928d47cb22154f8d054ea7ee8597f586605e05b52047f048278e4ac56ae958
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard