changesets/changesets

The CLI covers release setup, contributor input, release inspection, version application, artifact creation, and publication. Configuration controls coordinated groups, skipped/private packages, formatting, and generators. Prereleases and snapshots have explicit mode restrictions. The public documentation adds searchable guides, generated CLI help, and selected package references.

• init interactively chooses GitHub changelogs, automatic commits, access, and base branch, then writes .changeset/config.json and copies a README; an existing config makes it return early.
  packages/cli/src/commands/init/index.ts#L20-57packages/cli/src/commands/init/index.ts#L89-122
• add supports interactive package/bump selection, explicit --major/--minor/--patch lists, --message, --empty, best-effort changed-package suggestions, and opening the created file in an editor.
  packages/cli/src/cli.ts#L81-100packages/cli/src/commands/add/index.ts#L65-101packages/cli/src/commands/add/index.ts#L168-170
• version applies package versions, internal dependency ranges, and changelogs; fixed groups release together, linked groups coordinate released versions, and config controls ignored/private packages and workspace-only range handling.
  packages/cli/src/commands/version/index.ts#L100-125packages/config/src/config.ts#L75-109packages/apply-release-plan/src/index.ts#L140-178
• status supports --since, verbose release details, and JSON output; it exits with an error when changed versionable packages exist but the assembled plan contains no changesets.
  packages/cli/src/cli.ts#L162-171packages/cli/src/commands/status/index.ts#L25-66packages/cli/src/commands/status/index.ts#L101-109
• pre enter/exit persists prerelease mode and tag; version also supports snapshots with configurable tag/time/commit suffixes, defaults their base to 0.0.0, and rejects snapshots in active prerelease mode.
  packages/pre/src/index.ts#L43-70packages/assemble-release-plan/src/index.ts#L37-83packages/assemble-release-plan/src/index.ts#L86-109packages/cli/src/commands/version/index.ts#L72-80
• publish-plan identifies registry-unpublished versions and optional private-package tags; pack writes tarballs plus publish-plan.json, and publish can consume that directory but rejects a custom tag in artifact mode.
  packages/cli/src/commands/publish-plan/getPublishPlan.ts#L273-307packages/cli/src/commands/pack/index.ts#L45-60packages/cli/src/commands/pack/index.ts#L148-158packages/cli/src/commands/publish/index.ts#L110-154
• publish exposes OTP, dist-tag, artifact-directory, and Git-tag controls; git-tag is also standalone, and its older tag alias emits a deprecation warning.
  packages/cli/src/cli.ts#L119-130packages/cli/src/cli.ts#L174-185
• The site offers local search, Guide/FAQ/Blog navigation, generated CLI help, and sidebar-selected package reference pages; GitHub changelogs add PR/commit/author links, issue references, and optional templates.
  site/.vitepress/config.ts#L110-147site/guide/cli.data.ts#L99-122site/packages/[pkg].paths.ts#L10-28packages/changelog-github/src/index.ts#L98-187