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Creating a release
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This document is documentation intednded for maintainers of Barrier.
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It documents the release process of Barrier.
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Step 1: Setup environment variables
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Setup the following environment variable that will be used throughout the rest of the steps.
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export VERSION=X.Y.Z
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Step 2: Release notes PR
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Open a new branch (e.g. `release`) and run the following:
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towncrier --version ${VERSION} --date `date -u +%F`
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This collects the release notes using the `towncrier` tool. Please commit the collected release
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notes afterwards.
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Certain file names are not properly supported by the `towncrier` tool and it ignores them.
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Check `newsfragments` directory for any forgotten release notes
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Step 3: Merge the release notes PR
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Step 4: Bump the version number
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Pull the merge commit created on the `master` branch during the step 2.
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Edit the following files and update the version numbers:
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- `Build.properties`
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- `cmake/Version.cmake`
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- `doc/barrierc.1`
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- `doc/barriers.1`
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- `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml`
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Commit to the release branch with the following message `Barrier x.y.z`.
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Push the commit:
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git push origin master
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Step 5: Push git tag
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Create a tag:
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git tag -s v${VERSION} -m v${VERSION}
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Push the tag:
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git push origin master --tags
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Step 6: Draft a new release on Github
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Go to https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot/releases and draft a new release.
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Use git tag as the title of the release: `vX.Y.Z`.
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Use the release notes generated by the `towncrier` tool as the description of the releases.
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Upload the artifacts created by Azure pipelines as the binaries of the release. The following
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artifacts should be uploaded to Github:
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- the Barrier-X.Y.Z-release.dmg created by the newest Mac OS task (artifact name is
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"Mac Release Disk Image and App XYZ").
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- the BarrierSetup-X.Y.Z-release.exe (artifact name is Windows Release Installer).
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