fix: breaking change and feature pre-1.0 yields minor version bump (#2117)

chingor13 · web-flow · commit a57e5fd88ee0 · 2025-09-15T11:30:48.000-05:00
Fixes #2109
diff --git a/internal/semver/semver.go b/internal/semver/semver.go
@@ -226,11 +226,11 @@ func DeriveNext(highestChange ChangeLevel, currentVersion string) (string, error
 
 	// Handle standard versions
 	if currentSemVer.Major == 0 {
-		if highestChange == Major {
-			currentSemVer.Major++
-			currentSemVer.Minor = 0
+		// breaking change and feat result in minor bump for pre-1.0.0
+		if highestChange == Major || highestChange == Minor {
+			currentSemVer.Minor++
 			currentSemVer.Patch = 0
-		} else { // feat and fix result in a patch bump for pre-1.0.0
+		} else {
 			currentSemVer.Patch++
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/internal/semver/semver_test.go b/internal/semver/semver_test.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func TestDeriveNext(t *testing.T) {
 			name:            "pre-1.0.0 feat is patch bump",
 			highestChange:   Minor, // feat is minor
 			currentVersion:  "0.2.3",
-			expectedVersion: "0.2.4",
+			expectedVersion: "0.3.0",
 		},
 		{
 			name:            "pre-1.0.0 fix is patch bump",
@@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ func TestDeriveNext(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedVersion: "0.2.4",
 		},
 		{
-			name:            "pre-1.0.0 breaking change is major bump",
+			name:            "pre-1.0.0 breaking change is minor bump",
 			highestChange:   Major,
 			currentVersion:  "0.2.3",
-			expectedVersion: "1.0.0",
+			expectedVersion: "0.3.0",
 		},
 		{
 			name:            "prerelease bump with numeric trailer",
