# svu v3 automates semantic versioning from Git tags and conventional commits

DevFeed: [svu v3 automates semantic versioning from Git tags and conventional commits](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/svu-v3-37856.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/svu3/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2025-02-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [dotfiles](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dotfiles.md>)

Tags: [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [file](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/file.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [git-tags](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git-tags.md>), [semantic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/semantic.md>), [v3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/v3.md>), [version](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/version.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces svu, a tool and library that determines the next semantic version from Git tags and conventional commits. It describes svu v3, including an internal refactor, dependency updates, renamed or removed flags, and the ability to create a configuration file in a repository.

## Source excerpt

Back in 2017, I got tired of manually checking and creating git tags.