Development

The maintenance procedure is as follows

1. A new version of Minimap2 will be released.
2. Update the version of Minimap2 in the Git submodule.
   • git commit -m "Set minimap2 version to 2.XX"
3. Check the Python directory of Minimap2 and see what files have been changed. Apply the changes to ruby-minimap2.
4. Check the Makefile of Minimap2 and if the Makefile has been changed, check if the patch works correctly. If it does not work, create a new patch.
5. Check minimap2.h (optional)
6. Update the version of ruby-minimap2.
7. Release.
8. Write a brief release note.