A small extension to sbt-release, to support version tracking purely through Git tags, without the need for commits to a version.sbt file. Natively supports independently versioned multi-module projects.

1. Add the plugin:

   addSbtPlugin("fr.qux" % "sbt-release-tags-only" % "0.5.0")

2. Define your release process, including the relevant tasks:

   releaseProcess := Seq[ReleaseStep](
     checkSnapshotDependencies,
     releaseStepCommand(ExtraReleaseCommands.initialVcsChecksCommand),
     setVersionFromTags(releaseTagPrefix.value),
     runClean,
     tagRelease,
     publishArtifacts
     pushTagsOnly
   )

• setVersionFromTags() replaces inquireVersions, setReleaseVersion
• commitReleaseVersion, commitNextVersion, and setNextVersion should no longer be used
• pushTagsOnly replaces pushChanges

Look at the code to go deeper!