releaser: Replace the magic version handling

Take the new version as a string value.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/commands/release.go b/commands/release.go
index 74dc7012e..0764685f0 100644
--- a/commands/release.go
+++ b/commands/release.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releaser"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -27,8 +29,7 @@ func init() {
 type releaseCommandeer struct {
 	cmd *cobra.Command
 
-	// Will be zero for main releases.
-	patchLevel int
+	version string
 
 	skipPublish bool
 	try         bool
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func createReleaser() *releaseCommandeer {
 		return r.release()
 	}
 
-	r.cmd.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&r.patchLevel, "patch", "p", 0, "patch level, defaults to 0 for main releases")
+	r.cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&r.version, "rel", "r", "", "new release version, i.e. 0.25.1")
 	r.cmd.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&r.step, "step", "s", -1, "release step, defaults to -1 for all steps.")
 	r.cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&r.skipPublish, "skip-publish", "", false, "skip all publishing pipes of the release")
 	r.cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&r.try, "try", "", false, "simulate a release, i.e. no changes")
@@ -60,5 +61,8 @@ func createReleaser() *releaseCommandeer {
 }
 
 func (r *releaseCommandeer) release() error {
-	return releaser.New(r.patchLevel, r.step, r.skipPublish, r.try).Run()
+	if r.version == "" {
+		return errors.New("must set the --rel flag to the relevant version number")
+	}
+	return releaser.New(r.version, r.step, r.skipPublish, r.try).Run()
 }