DEVGUIDE.md

DEVGUIDE

This used as a guide for maintainers and developers for building and release this project

Release Process

1. checkout develop branch
   1. git checkout develop
2. Add a new entry at the top of the RELEASE_NOTES.md with a version and a date.
   1. If possible link to the relevant issues and PRs and credit the author of the PRs
3. Create a new commit
   1. git add RELEASE_NOTES.md
   2. git commit -m "Release 6.0.0-beta001"
4. Make a new tag
   1. git tag v6.0.0-beta001
5. Push changes
   1. git push --atomic origin develop v6.0.0-beta001
6. Create a new release on GitHub
   1. Choose the tag you just pushed
   2. Title the release the same as the version
   3. Copy the release notes from RELEASE_NOTES.md
   4. This will trigger a github action to build and publish the nuget package
7. Do any additional testing or tell certain people to try it out
8. Once satisfied repeat the process for the master branch but without any alpha/beta/rc suffixes.
   1. git checkout master
   2. git merge develop
   3. git push
   4. Run through steps 2-6
9. Merge master back into develop
   1. git checkout develop
   2. git merge master
   3. git push
10. Tell the internet about it
    1. Tweet about it
    2. Post in F# Slack
    3. Post in F# Discord
11. Celebrate 🎉