All contributions to the ALPHA-g data handler happen through pull requests. It is highly recommended to discuss any changes by opening an issue before you start working on a pull request. Additionally, please look at the GitHub actions workflows to find out all the checks that your code has to pass before it can be reviewed/merged.
Once you have implemented all the fixes/features you want to release (make sure you are on the main branch and it is up-to-date), you need to:
# Step 1: Make a new branch
git switch -c $NEW_BRANCH
# Step 2: Check all commits since the last release
cargo release changes
# Step 3: Update the `CHANGELOG.md` to include anything relevant that was missed
# Then commit the changes e.g.
git commit -am "docs: Update CHANGELOG.md"
# Step 4: Determine what the next version is (according to semver) and give
# `cargo-release` the pleasure of doing all the boring stuff
cargo release --execute --no-publish --no-tag --allow-branch=$NEW_BRANCH $NEW_VERSION
# Step 5: Open a pull request and review/merge to `main`
# Step 6: Release from the main branch
git checkout main
git pull
cargo release tag --execute
cargo release push --executeAfter following these steps, please go to the GitHub releases page and manually rename the new release to match the tag name (see this issue).