Release process

Pre-requisites

• CI builds are green
• Changelog is updated and merged
• Version is correct

Release

1. Create a release branch
   • If branch exists, and this is a patch release:
     • git checkout release/x.x
     • git merge --ff-only main
     • push to origin
   • If this is a new minor or major release:
     • git checkout -b release/x.x
     • push to origin
2. On main: create a tag: git tag -a x.x.x -m "Release version x.x.x"
3. Push tag: git push upstream refs/tags/x.x.x
4. Wait for build to succeed

After release

If new minor release:

1. Check out main branch
2. Bump minor version in:
   • antora.yml
   • gradle.properties
3. Add new line item in CHANGELOG.adoc for next release
4. Create a commit with message "Start next dev iteration" and submit PR to main