verifyRelease.js

module.exports = function (pluginConfig, config, cb) {
  if (config.nextRelease) {
    // change version suffix of pre-releases from '-number' to '-tag.timestamp'
    const now = new Date();
    const timestamp = now.toISOString().replace(/[-T:]/g, "").slice(0,12);
    const suffix = `-${config.npm.tag}.${timestamp}`;
    const release = config.nextRelease;

    if (release.type === 'initial') {
      // start releases with 0.1.0 instead of 1.0.0
      release.version = '0.1.0';
    } else {
      release.version = release.version.replace(/-.+$/, suffix);
    }

    console.log(`Ready for release v${release.version}`);
  }

  cb(null);
};