chore(version-info): use remote tags and increment patch version

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/grunt/utils.js b/lib/grunt/utils.js
index 59b78381..b25a4555 100644
--- a/lib/grunt/utils.js
+++ b/lib/grunt/utils.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ var shell = require('shelljs');
 var grunt = require('grunt');
 var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 var semver = require('semver');
-var versionInfo = require('../versions/version-info');
 
 var _ = require('lodash');
 
diff --git a/lib/versions/version-info.js b/lib/versions/version-info.js
index 90175fc9..5bf06585 100644
--- a/lib/versions/version-info.js
+++ b/lib/versions/version-info.js
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ var isStable = function(version) {
  * @return {Array.<SemVer>} The collection of previous versions
  */
 var getPreviousVersions =  function() {
-  var tagResults = shell.exec('git tag', {silent: true});
+  // always use the remote tags as the local clone might
+  // not contain all commits when cloned with git clone --depth=...
+  // Needed e.g. for Travis
+  var tagResults = shell.exec('git ls-remote --tags | grep -o -e "v[0-9].*[0-9]$"', {silent: true});
   if ( tagResults.code === 0 ) {
     return _(tagResults.output.trim().split('\n'))
       .map(function(tag) {
@@ -129,7 +132,6 @@ var getPreviousVersions =  function() {
  * @return {SemVer} The snapshot version
  */
 var getSnapshotVersion = function() {
-
   version = _(previousVersions)
     .filter(function(tag) {
       return semver.satisfies(tag, currentPackage.branchVersion);
@@ -137,15 +139,27 @@ var getSnapshotVersion = function() {
     .last();
 
   if ( !version ) {
-    throw new Error("No valid versions can be found that match the current branch (" +
-      currentPackage.branchVersion + ").\n" +
-      "Try running `git fetch -t` to download the tags from the repository.");
+    // a snapshot version before the first tag on the branch
+    version = semver(currentPackage.branchVersion.replace('*','0-beta.1'));
   }
 
   // We need to clone to ensure that we are not modifying another version
   version = semver(version.raw);
 
   var jenkinsBuild = process.env.TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER || process.env.BUILD_NUMBER;
+  if (!version.prerelease || !version.prerelease.length) {
+    // last release was a non beta release. Increment the patch level to
+    // indicate the next release that we will be doing.
+    // E.g. last release was 1.3.0, then the snapshot will be
+    // 1.3.1-build.1, which is lesser than 1.3.1 accorind the semver!
+
+    // If the last release was a beta release we don't update the
+    // beta number by purpose, as otherwise the semver comparison
+    // does not work any more when the next beta is released.
+    // E.g. don't generate 1.3.0-beta.2.build.1
+    // as this is bigger than 1.3.0-beta.2 according to semver
+    version.patch++;
+  }
   version.prerelease = jenkinsBuild ? ['build', jenkinsBuild] : ['local'];
   version.build = getBuild();
   version.codeName = 'snapshot';