Skip unchanged packages for 'minimal'

script/tool/README.md

@@ -133,12 +133,11 @@ cd <repository root>
 dart run ./script/tool/bin/flutter_plugin_tools.dart update-release-info \
   --version=minimal \
   --changelog="Fixes violations of new analysis option some_new_option."
-  --run-on-changed-packages
 ```
 
-The `minimal` option for `--version` will treat each package as either `bugfix`
-or `next` depending on the files that have changed in that package, so it is
-often the best choice for a bulk change.
+The `minimal` option for `--version` will skip unchanged packages, and treat
+each changed package as either `bugfix` or `next` depending on the files that
+have changed in that package, so it is often the best choice for a bulk change.
 
 For cases where you know the change time, `minor` or `bugfix` will make the
 corresponding version bump, or `next` will update only `CHANGELOG.md` without

script/tool/lib/src/update_release_info_command.dart

@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ class UpdateReleaseInfoCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
               'No version change; just adds a NEXT entry to the changelog.',
           _versionBugfix: 'Increments the bugfix version.',
           _versionMinor: 'Increments the minor version.',
-          _versionMinimal: 'Either increments the bugfix version or uses NEXT '
-              'depending on the files changed.',
+          _versionMinimal: 'Depending on the changes to each package: '
+              'increments the bugfix version (for publishable changes), '
+              "uses NEXT (for changes that don't need to be published), "
+              'or skips (if no changes).',
         });
   }
 
@@ -122,7 +124,8 @@ class UpdateReleaseInfoCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
     String nextVersionString;
 
     _VersionIncrementType? versionChange = _versionChange;
-    // If the change type is `minimal`, determine whether a version change is
+
+    // If the change type is `minimal` determine what changes, if any, are
     // needed.
     if (versionChange == null &&
         getStringArg(_versionTypeFlag) == _versionMinimal) {
@@ -133,6 +136,10 @@ class UpdateReleaseInfoCommand extends PackageLoopingCommand {
       final PackageChangeState state = checkPackageChangeState(package,
           changedPaths: _changedFiles,
           relativePackagePath: relativePackagePath);
+
+      if (!state.hasChanges) {
+        return PackageResult.skip('No changes to package');
+      }
       if (state.needsVersionChange) {
         versionChange = _VersionIncrementType.bugfix;
       }

script/tool/test/update_release_info_command_test.dart

@@ -383,6 +383,34 @@ $originalChangelog''';
       expect(newChangelog, expectedChangeLog);
     });
 
+    test('skips for "minimal" when there are no changes at all', () async {
+      final RepositoryPackage package =
+          createFakePackage('a_package', packagesDir, version: '1.0.1');
+      processRunner.mockProcessesForExecutable['git-diff'] = <io.Process>[
+        MockProcess(stdout: '''
+packages/different_package/test/plugin_test.dart
+'''),
+      ];
+      final String originalChangelog = package.changelogFile.readAsStringSync();
+
+      final List<String> output = await runCapturingPrint(runner, <String>[
+        'update-release-info',
+        '--version=minimal',
+        '--changelog',
+        'A change.',
+      ]);
+
+      final String version = package.parsePubspec().version?.toString() ?? '';
+      expect(version, '1.0.1');
+      expect(package.changelogFile.readAsStringSync(), originalChangelog);
+      expect(
+          output,
+          containsAllInOrder(<Matcher>[
+            contains('No changes to package'),
+            contains('Skipped 1 package')
+          ]));
+    });
+
     test('fails if CHANGELOG.md is missing', () async {
       createFakePackage('a_package', packagesDir, includeCommonFiles: false);