fix(release): allow string array for commitArgs and tagArgs (#27797)

packages/nx/schemas/nx-schema.json

@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
           "description": "Custom git commit message to use when committing the changes made by this command"
         },
         "commitArgs": {
-          "type": "string",
+          "type": ["string", "array"],
           "description": "Additional arguments (added after the --message argument, which may or may not be customized with --git-commit-message) to pass to the `git commit` command invoked behind the scenes"
         },
         "stageChanges": {
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
           "description": "Custom git tag message to use when tagging the changes made by this command. This defaults to be the same value as the tag itself."
         },
         "tagArgs": {
-          "type": "string",
+          "type": ["string", "array"],
           "description": "Additional arguments to pass to the `git tag` command invoked behind the scenes"
         }
       }

packages/nx/src/command-line/release/command-object.ts

@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ interface GitCommitAndTagOptions {
   stageChanges?: boolean;
   gitCommit?: boolean;
   gitCommitMessage?: string;
-  gitCommitArgs?: string;
+  gitCommitArgs?: string | string[];
   gitTag?: boolean;
   gitTagMessage?: string;
-  gitTagArgs?: string;
+  gitTagArgs?: string | string[];
 }
 
 export type VersionOptions = NxReleaseArgs &

packages/nx/src/command-line/release/utils/git.ts

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ export async function gitCommit({
   logFn,
 }: {
   messages: string[];
-  additionalArgs?: string;
+  additionalArgs?: string | string[];
   dryRun?: boolean;
   verbose?: boolean;
   logFn?: (message: string) => void;
@@ -263,8 +263,12 @@ export async function gitCommit({
     commandArgs.push('--message', message);
   }
   if (additionalArgs) {
+    if (Array.isArray(additionalArgs)) {
+      commandArgs.push(...additionalArgs);
+    } else {
       commandArgs.push(...additionalArgs.split(' '));
     }
+  }
 
   if (verbose) {
     logFn(
@@ -305,7 +309,7 @@ export async function gitTag({
 }: {
   tag: string;
   message?: string;
-  additionalArgs?: string;
+  additionalArgs?: string | string[];
   dryRun?: boolean;
   verbose?: boolean;
   logFn?: (message: string) => void;
@@ -321,8 +325,12 @@ export async function gitTag({
     message || tag,
   ];
   if (additionalArgs) {
+    if (Array.isArray(additionalArgs)) {
+      commandArgs.push(...additionalArgs);
+    } else {
       commandArgs.push(...additionalArgs.split(' '));
     }
+  }
 
   if (verbose) {
     logFn(

packages/nx/src/command-line/release/utils/shared.ts

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export async function commitChanges({
   isDryRun?: boolean;
   isVerbose?: boolean;
   gitCommitMessages?: string[];
-  gitCommitArgs?: string;
+  gitCommitArgs?: string | string[];
 }) {
   if (!changedFiles?.length && !deletedFiles?.length) {
     throw new Error('Error: No changed files to commit');

packages/nx/src/config/nx-json.ts

@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ export interface NxReleaseGitConfiguration {
    */
   commitMessage?: string;
   /**
-   * Additional arguments (added after the --message argument, which may or may not be customized with --git-commit-message) to pass to the `git commit` command invoked behind the scenes
+   * Additional arguments (added after the --message argument, which may or may not be customized with --git-commit-message) to pass to the `git commit` command invoked behind the scenes. May be a string or array of strings.
    */
-  commitArgs?: string;
+  commitArgs?: string | string[];
   /**
    * Whether or not to stage the changes made by this command. Always treated as true if commit is true.
    */
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ export interface NxReleaseGitConfiguration {
    */
   tagMessage?: string;
   /**
-   * Additional arguments to pass to the `git tag` command invoked behind the scenes
+   * Additional arguments to pass to the `git tag` command invoked behind the scenes. . May be a string or array of strings.
    */
-  tagArgs?: string;
+  tagArgs?: string | string[];
 }
 
 export interface NxReleaseConventionalCommitsConfiguration {