RELEASING.md

Releasing

For version v0.x.y:

Prerequisites

1. Update the VERSION, VERSION_ID, and PRETTY_NAME values in the hook.yaml file under files -> "- path: etc/os-release" to use 0.x.y

   make update-os-release NEW_VERSION=0.x.y

2. Commit, push, PR, and merge the version changes

   git commit -sm "Update version to v0.x.y" hook.yaml

Release Process

1. Create the annotated tag

   NOTE: To use your GPG signature when pushing the tag, use SIGN_TAG=1 ./contrib/tag-release.sh v0.x.y instead

   ./contrib/tag-release.sh v0.x.y

2. Push the tag to the GitHub repository. This will automatically trigger a Github Action to create a release.

   NOTE: origin should be the name of the remote pointing to github.com/tinkerbell/boots

   git push origin v0.x.y

3. Review the release on GitHub.

Permissions

Releasing requires a particular set of permissions.

• Tag push access to the GitHub repository