From 7128878db7b785796f1003494c0622a182f1989c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amir Babazadeh <amirvalhalla@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:51:51 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] chore: bumping version to 0.19.0 (#854)

---
 docs/patching.md   | 10 +++++-----
 docs/releasing.md  | 12 ++++++------
 version/version.go |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/patching.md b/docs/patching.md
index 08f376206..0cf903eac 100644
--- a/docs/patching.md
+++ b/docs/patching.md
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ To patch a released version, start by creating a dedicated branch for that versi
 Let's create environment variables for the patch version. For the rest of this document, we will use these environment variables in the commands.
 
 ```bash
-PRV_VER="0.17.0"
-CUR_VER="0.17.0"
-NEXT_VER="0.17.1"
+PRV_VER="0.18.0"
+CUR_VER="0.18.0"
+NEXT_VER="0.18.1"
 TAG_NAME="v${CUR_VER}"
 TAG_MSG="Version ${CUR_VER}"
-BASE_BRANCH="0.17.x"
-BASE_VER="0.17.0"
+BASE_BRANCH="0.18.x"
+BASE_VER="0.18.0"
 ```
 
 For the rest of this document, we will use these environment variables in commands.
diff --git a/docs/releasing.md b/docs/releasing.md
index 19d7b6a76..2165ba4b2 100644
--- a/docs/releasing.md
+++ b/docs/releasing.md
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ Let's create environment variables for the release version.
 For the rest of this document, we will use these environment variables in the commands.
 
 ```bash
-PRV_VER="0.17.0"
-CUR_VER="0.18.0"
-NEXT_VER="0.19.0"
+PRV_VER="0.18.0"
+CUR_VER="0.19.0"
+NEXT_VER="0.20.0"
 TAG_NAME="v${CUR_VER}"
 TAG_MSG="Version ${CUR_VER}"
 BASE_BRANCH="main"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Wait for the PR to be approved and merged into the base branch.
 
 7. **Tagging**
 
-Create a git tag:
+Create a Git tag and sign it using your [GPG key](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/about-commit-signature-verification) with the following commands:
 
 ```bash
 git checkout ${BASE_BRANCH}
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ Pushing the tag will automatically create a release tag and build the binaries.
 9. **Bumping version**
 
 Update the version inside the [version.go](../version/version.go) and add `beta` to the `meta` field.
-Update [patching](./patching.md) docuemnt.
-If this is a majore release, update the version inside this document in step 3.
+Update [patching](./patching.md) document.
+If this is a major release, update the version inside this document in step 3.
 
 Create a new PR against base branch:
 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 45c1630ff..0aa8ef43d 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import (
 // These constants follow the semantic versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/)
 const (
 	major           uint   = 0
-	minor           uint   = 18
+	minor           uint   = 19
 	patch           uint   = 0
-	meta            string = ""
+	meta            string = "beta"
 	protocolVersion uint   = 1
 )