diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59a291f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+.PHONY: usage build run test
+
+OK_COLOR=\033[32;01m
+NO_COLOR=\033[0m
+ERROR_COLOR=\033[31;01m
+WARN_COLOR=\033[33;01m
+
+PKGS = $(shell go list ./...)
+BIN = git-sv
+
+ECHOFLAGS ?=
+
+BUILDOS ?= linux
+BUILDARCH ?= amd64
+BUILDENVS ?= CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$(BUILDOS) GOARCH=$(BUILDARCH)
+BUILDFLAGS ?= -a -installsuffix cgo --ldflags '-extldflags "-lm -lstdc++ -static"'
+
+usage: Makefile
+	@echo $(ECHOFLAGS) "to use make call:"
+	@echo $(ECHOFLAGS) "    make <action>"
+	@echo $(ECHOFLAGS) ""
+	@echo $(ECHOFLAGS) "list of available actions:"
+	@sed -n 's/^##//p' $< | column -t -s ':' | sed -e 's/^/ /'
+
+## build: build git-sv
+build: test
+	@echo $(ECHOFLAGS) "$(OK_COLOR)==> Building binary ($(BUILDOS)/$(BUILDARCH)/$(BIN))...$(NO_COLOR)"
+	@$(BUILDENVS) go build -v $(BUILDFLAGS) -o bin/$(BUILDOS)_$(BUILDARCH)/$(BIN) ./cmd/git-sv
+
+## test: run unit tests
+test:
+	@echo $(ECHOFLAGS) "$(OK_COLOR)==> Running tests...$(NO_COLOR)"
+	@go test $(PKGS)
+
+## run: run gitlabels-cli
+run:
+	@echo $(ECHOFLAGS) "$(OK_COLOR)==> Running bin/$(BUILDOS)_$(BUILDARCH)/$(BIN)...$(NO_COLOR)"
+	@./bin/$(BUILDOS)_$(BUILDARCH)/$(BIN) $(args)
+
+## tidy: execute go mod tidy
+tidy:
+	@echo $(ECHOFLAGS) "$(OK_COLOR)==> runing tidy"
+	@go mod tidy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/git-sv/config.go b/cmd/git-sv/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e41477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/git-sv/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
+)
+
+// Config env vars for cli configuration
+type Config struct {
+	MajorVersionTypes         []string          `envconfig:"MAJOR_VERSION_TYPES" default:""`
+	MinorVersionTypes         []string          `envconfig:"MINOR_VERSION_TYPES" default:"feat"`
+	PatchVersionTypes         []string          `envconfig:"PATCH_VERSION_TYPES" default:"build,ci,docs,fix,perf,refactor,style,test"`
+	IncludeUnknownTypeAsPatch bool              `envconfig:"INCLUDE_UNKNOWN_TYPE_AS_PATCH" default:"true"`
+	CommitMessageMetadata     map[string]string `envconfig:"COMMIT_MESSAGE_METADATA" default:"breakingchange:BREAKING CHANGE,issueid:jira"`
+	TagPattern                string            `envconfig:"TAG_PATTERN" default:"v%d.%d.%d"`
+	ReleaseNotesTags          map[string]string `envconfig:"RELEASE_NOTES_TAGS" default:"fix:Bug Fixes,feat:Features"`
+}
+
+func loadConfig() Config {
+	var c Config
+	err := envconfig.Process("SV", &c)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	return c
+}
diff --git a/cmd/git-sv/handlers.go b/cmd/git-sv/handlers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47147be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/git-sv/handlers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"sv4git/sv"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+func currentVersionHandler(git sv.Git) func(c *cli.Context) error {
+	return func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		describe := git.Describe()
+
+		currentVer, err := sv.ToVersion(describe)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("%d.%d.%d\n", currentVer.Major(), currentVer.Minor(), currentVer.Patch())
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func nextVersionHandler(git sv.Git, semverProcessor sv.SemVerCommitsProcessor) func(c *cli.Context) error {
+	return func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		describe := git.Describe()
+
+		currentVer, err := sv.ToVersion(describe)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error parsing version: %s from describe, message: %v", describe, err)
+		}
+
+		commits, err := git.Log(describe)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error getting git log, message: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		nextVer := semverProcessor.NexVersion(currentVer, commits)
+		fmt.Printf("%d.%d.%d\n", nextVer.Major(), nextVer.Minor(), nextVer.Patch())
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func commitLogHandler(git sv.Git, semverProcessor sv.SemVerCommitsProcessor) func(c *cli.Context) error {
+	return func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		describe := git.Describe()
+
+		commits, err := git.Log(describe)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error getting git log, message: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		for _, commit := range commits {
+			content, err := json.Marshal(commit)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			fmt.Println(string(content))
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func releaseNotesHandler(git sv.Git, semverProcessor sv.SemVerCommitsProcessor, rnProcessor sv.ReleaseNoteProcessor) func(c *cli.Context) error {
+	return func(c *cli.Context) error {
+
+		describe := git.Describe()
+
+		currentVer, err := sv.ToVersion(describe)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error parsing version: %s from describe, message: %v", describe, err)
+		}
+
+		commits, err := git.Log(describe)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error getting git log, message: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		nextVer := semverProcessor.NexVersion(currentVer, commits)
+
+		releasenote := rnProcessor.Get(commits)
+		fmt.Println(rnProcessor.Format(releasenote, nextVer))
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/git-sv/main.go b/cmd/git-sv/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f60a3ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/git-sv/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"sv4git/sv"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	cfg := loadConfig()
+
+	git := sv.NewGit(cfg.CommitMessageMetadata, cfg.TagPattern)
+	semverProcessor := sv.NewSemVerCommitsProcessor(cfg.IncludeUnknownTypeAsPatch, cfg.MajorVersionTypes, cfg.MinorVersionTypes, cfg.PatchVersionTypes)
+	releasenotesProcessor := sv.NewReleaseNoteProcessor(cfg.ReleaseNotesTags)
+
+	app := cli.NewApp()
+	app.Name = "sv"
+	app.Usage = "semantic version for git"
+	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
+		{
+			Name:    "current-version",
+			Aliases: []string{"cv"},
+			Usage:   "get last released version from git",
+			Action:  currentVersionHandler(git),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:    "next-version",
+			Aliases: []string{"nv"},
+			Usage:   "generate the next version based on git commit messages",
+			Action:  nextVersionHandler(git, semverProcessor),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:    "commit-log",
+			Aliases: []string{"cl"},
+			Usage:   "list all commit logs since last version as jsons",
+			Action:  commitLogHandler(git, semverProcessor),
+		},
+		{
+			Name:    "release-notes",
+			Aliases: []string{"rn"},
+			Usage:   "generate release notes",
+			Action:  releaseNotesHandler(git, semverProcessor, releasenotesProcessor),
+		},
+	}
+
+	apperr := app.Run(os.Args)
+	if apperr != nil {
+		log.Fatal(apperr)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fdbad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module sv4git
+
+go 1.13
+
+require (
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0
+	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
+	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.1
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30d1ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 h1:H65muMkzWKEuNDnfl9d70GUjFniHKHRbFPGBuZ3QEww=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0/go.mod h1:MB6lktGJrhw8PrUyiEoblNEGEQ+RzHPF078ddwwvV3Y=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d h1:U+s90UTSYgptZMwQh2aRr3LuazLJIa+Pg3Kc1ylSYVY=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 h1:EoUDS0afbrsXAZ9YQ9jdu/mZ2sXgT1/2yyNng4PGlyM=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
+github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0 h1:Im6hONhd3pLkfDFsbRgu68RDNkGF1r3dvMUtDTo2cv8=
+github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0/go.mod h1:cccZRl6mQpaq41TPp5QxidR+Sa3axMbJDNb//FQX6Gg=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 h1:lPqVAte+HuHNfhJ/0LC98ESWRz8afy9tM/0RK8m9o+Q=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 h1:PdmoCO6wvbs+7yrJyMORt4/BmY5IYyJwS/kOiWx8mHo=
+github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
+github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.1 h1:+mkCCcOFKPnCmVYVcURKps1Xe+3zP90gSYGNfRkjoIY=
+github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.1/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtXRu0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/sv/git.go b/sv/git.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0af4296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sv/git.go
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+package sv
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+)
+
+const (
+	logSeparator       = "##"
+	endLine            = "~~"
+	breakingChangesTag = "BREAKING CHANGE:"
+	issueIDTag         = "jira:"
+)
+
+// Git commands
+type Git interface {
+	Describe() string
+	Log(lastTag string) ([]GitCommitLog, error)
+	Tag(version semver.Version) error
+}
+
+// GitCommitLog description of a single commit log
+type GitCommitLog struct {
+	Hash     string            `json:"hash,omitempty"`
+	Type     string            `json:"type,omitempty"`
+	Scope    string            `json:"scope,omitempty"`
+	Subject  string            `json:"subject,omitempty"`
+	Body     string            `json:"body,omitempty"`
+	Metadata map[string]string `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// GitImpl git command implementation
+type GitImpl struct {
+	messageMetadata map[string]string
+	tagPattern      string
+}
+
+// NewGit constructor
+func NewGit(messageMetadata map[string]string, tagPattern string) *GitImpl {
+	return &GitImpl{messageMetadata: messageMetadata, tagPattern: tagPattern}
+}
+
+// Describe runs git describe, it no tag found, return empty
+func (GitImpl) Describe() string {
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "describe", "--abbrev=0")
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(strings.Trim(string(out), "\n"))
+}
+
+// Log return git log
+func (g GitImpl) Log(lastTag string) ([]GitCommitLog, error) {
+	format := "--pretty=format:\"%h" + logSeparator + "%s" + logSeparator + "%b" + endLine + "\""
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", format)
+	if lastTag != "" {
+		cmd = exec.Command("git", "log", lastTag+"..HEAD", format)
+	}
+
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return parseLogOutput(g.messageMetadata, string(out)), nil
+}
+
+// Tag create a git tag
+func (g GitImpl) Tag(version semver.Version) error {
+	tagMsg := fmt.Sprintf("-v \"Version %d.%d.%d\"", version.Major(), version.Minor(), version.Patch())
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "tag", "-a "+fmt.Sprintf(g.tagPattern, version.Major(), version.Minor(), version.Patch()), tagMsg)
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
+
+func parseLogOutput(messageMetadata map[string]string, log string) []GitCommitLog {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(log))
+	scanner.Split(splitAt([]byte(endLine)))
+	var logs []GitCommitLog
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		if text := strings.TrimSpace(strings.Trim(scanner.Text(), "\"")); text != "" {
+			logs = append(logs, parseCommitLog(messageMetadata, text))
+		}
+	}
+	return logs
+}
+
+func parseCommitLog(messageMetadata map[string]string, commit string) GitCommitLog {
+	content := strings.Split(strings.Trim(commit, "\""), logSeparator)
+	commitType, scope, subject := parseCommitLogMessage(content[1])
+
+	metadata := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, v := range messageMetadata {
+		if tagValue := extractTag(v, content[2]); tagValue != "" {
+			metadata[k] = tagValue
+		}
+	}
+
+	return GitCommitLog{
+		Hash:     content[0],
+		Type:     commitType,
+		Scope:    scope,
+		Subject:  subject,
+		Body:     content[2],
+		Metadata: metadata,
+	}
+}
+
+func parseCommitLogMessage(message string) (string, string, string) {
+	regex := regexp.MustCompile("([a-z]+)(\\((.*)\\))?: (.*)")
+	result := regex.FindStringSubmatch(message)
+	if len(result) != 5 {
+		return "", "", message
+	}
+	return result[1], result[3], strings.TrimSpace(result[4])
+}
+
+func extractTag(tag, text string) string {
+	regex := regexp.MustCompile(tag + ": (.*)")
+	result := regex.FindStringSubmatch(text)
+	if len(result) < 2 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return result[1]
+}
+
+func splitAt(b []byte) func(data []byte, atEOF bool) (advance int, token []byte, err error) {
+	return func(data []byte, atEOF bool) (advance int, token []byte, err error) {
+		dataLen := len(data)
+
+		if atEOF && dataLen == 0 {
+			return 0, nil, nil
+		}
+
+		if i := bytes.Index(data, b); i >= 0 {
+			return i + len(b), data[0:i], nil
+		}
+
+		if atEOF {
+			return dataLen, data, nil
+		}
+
+		return 0, nil, nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sv/releasenotes.go b/sv/releasenotes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b1b08a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sv/releasenotes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package sv
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"text/template"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+)
+
+type releaseNoteTemplate struct {
+	Version         string
+	Date            string
+	Sections        map[string]ReleaseNoteSection
+	BreakingChanges []string
+}
+
+const markdownTemplate = `# v{{.Version}} ({{.Date}})
+
+{{if .Sections.feat}}## {{.Sections.feat.Name}}
+{{range $k,$v := .Sections.feat.Items}}
+- {{if $v.Scope}}**{{$v.Scope}}:** {{end}}{{$v.Subject}} ({{$v.Hash}}) {{if $v.Metadata.issueid}}({{$v.Metadata.issueid}}){{end}}{{end}}{{end}}
+
+{{if .Sections.fix}}## {{.Sections.fix.Name}}
+{{range $k,$v := .Sections.fix.Items}}
+- {{if $v.Scope}}**{{$v.Scope}}:** {{end}}{{$v.Subject}} ({{$v.Hash}}) {{if $v.Metadata.issueid}}({{$v.Metadata.issueid}}){{end}}{{end}}{{end}}
+
+{{if .BreakingChanges}}## Breaking Changes
+{{range $k,$v := .BreakingChanges}}
+- {{$v}}{{end}}
+{{end}}`
+
+// ReleaseNoteProcessor release note processor interface.
+type ReleaseNoteProcessor interface {
+	Get(commits []GitCommitLog) ReleaseNote
+	Format(releasenote ReleaseNote, version semver.Version) string
+}
+
+// ReleaseNoteProcessorImpl release note based on commit log.
+type ReleaseNoteProcessorImpl struct {
+	tags     map[string]string
+	template *template.Template
+}
+
+// NewReleaseNoteProcessor ReleaseNoteProcessor constructor.
+func NewReleaseNoteProcessor(tags map[string]string) *ReleaseNoteProcessorImpl {
+	template := template.Must(template.New("markdown").Parse(markdownTemplate))
+	return &ReleaseNoteProcessorImpl{tags: tags, template: template}
+}
+
+// Get generate a release note based on commits.
+func (p ReleaseNoteProcessorImpl) Get(commits []GitCommitLog) ReleaseNote {
+	sections := make(map[string]ReleaseNoteSection)
+	var breakingChanges []string
+	for _, commit := range commits {
+		if name, exists := p.tags[commit.Type]; exists {
+			section, sexists := sections[commit.Type]
+			if !sexists {
+				section = ReleaseNoteSection{Name: name}
+			}
+			section.Items = append(section.Items, commit)
+			sections[commit.Type] = section
+		}
+		if value, exists := commit.Metadata[BreakingChangeTag]; exists {
+			breakingChanges = append(breakingChanges, value)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ReleaseNote{Date: time.Now(), Sections: sections, BreakingChanges: breakingChanges}
+}
+
+// Format format a release note.
+func (p ReleaseNoteProcessorImpl) Format(releasenote ReleaseNote, version semver.Version) string {
+	templateVars := releaseNoteTemplate{
+		Version:         fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d", version.Major(), version.Minor(), version.Patch()),
+		Date:            releasenote.Date.Format("2006-01-02"),
+		Sections:        releasenote.Sections,
+		BreakingChanges: releasenote.BreakingChanges,
+	}
+
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	p.template.Execute(&b, templateVars)
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// ReleaseNote release note.
+type ReleaseNote struct {
+	Date            time.Time
+	Sections        map[string]ReleaseNoteSection
+	BreakingChanges []string
+}
+
+// ReleaseNoteSection release note section.
+type ReleaseNoteSection struct {
+	Name  string
+	Items []GitCommitLog
+}
diff --git a/sv/semver.go b/sv/semver.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51b3f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sv/semver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package sv
+
+import "github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+
+type versionType int
+
+const (
+	none versionType = iota
+	patch
+	minor
+	major
+)
+
+// ToVersion parse string to semver.Version
+func ToVersion(value string) (semver.Version, error) {
+	version := value
+	if version == "" {
+		version = "0.0.0"
+	}
+	v, err := semver.NewVersion(version)
+	return *v, err
+}
+
+// BreakingChangeTag breaking change tag from commit metadata
+const BreakingChangeTag string = "breakingchange"
+
+// SemVerCommitsProcessor interface
+type SemVerCommitsProcessor interface {
+	NexVersion(version semver.Version, commits []GitCommitLog) semver.Version
+}
+
+// SemVerCommitsProcessorImpl process versions using commit log
+type SemVerCommitsProcessorImpl struct {
+	MajorVersionTypes         map[string]struct{}
+	MinorVersionTypes         map[string]struct{}
+	PatchVersionTypes         map[string]struct{}
+	IncludeUnknownTypeAsPatch bool
+}
+
+// NewSemVerCommitsProcessor SemanticVersionCommitsProcessorImpl constructor
+func NewSemVerCommitsProcessor(unknownAsPatch bool, majorTypes, minorTypes, patchTypes []string) *SemVerCommitsProcessorImpl {
+	return &SemVerCommitsProcessorImpl{
+		IncludeUnknownTypeAsPatch: unknownAsPatch,
+		MajorVersionTypes:         toMap(majorTypes),
+		MinorVersionTypes:         toMap(minorTypes),
+		PatchVersionTypes:         toMap(patchTypes),
+	}
+}
+
+// NexVersion calculates next version based on commit log
+func (p SemVerCommitsProcessorImpl) NexVersion(version semver.Version, commits []GitCommitLog) semver.Version {
+	var versionToUpdate = none
+	for _, commit := range commits {
+		if v := p.versionTypeToUpdate(commit); v > versionToUpdate {
+			versionToUpdate = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch versionToUpdate {
+	case major:
+		return version.IncMajor()
+	case minor:
+		return version.IncMinor()
+	case patch:
+		return version.IncPatch()
+	default:
+		return version
+	}
+}
+
+func (p SemVerCommitsProcessorImpl) versionTypeToUpdate(commit GitCommitLog) versionType {
+	if _, exists := commit.Metadata[BreakingChangeTag]; exists {
+		return major
+	}
+	if _, exists := p.MajorVersionTypes[commit.Type]; exists {
+		return major
+	}
+	if _, exists := p.MinorVersionTypes[commit.Type]; exists {
+		return minor
+	}
+	if _, exists := p.PatchVersionTypes[commit.Type]; exists {
+		return patch
+	}
+	if p.IncludeUnknownTypeAsPatch {
+		return patch
+	}
+	return none
+}
+
+func toMap(values []string) map[string]struct{} {
+	result := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, v := range values {
+		result[v] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	return result
+}