RELEASE_PROCESS.md

An overview on how to release the puppetfile-resolver gem

1. Generate and merge a release prep

   • Move the Unreleased parts of the changelog to the released section

   • Modify lib/puppetfile-resolver/version.rb with the new version number

   • Update the YARD Reference documentation using bundle exec rake generate:docs

   • Update the SSL Certs File using bundle exec rake ssl:vendor_ca_certs

2. Once merged, get the commit id of the preparation

3. Tag the commit

   git tag -a '<version>' -m '<version>' <commit id>

   For example; git tag -a '0.11.0' -m '0.11.0' 8766a5dd5e476bb10c164962e8d9185810e96a17

4. Push the commit

   git push <remote> <version>

   For example; git push upstream 0.11.0

5. Checkout and reset the repo for the new tag

   For example;

   > git checkout 0.11.0
   > git reset --hard 0.11.0
   

6. Build the artefacts

   gem build puppetfile-resolver

7. Upload the artefacts to ruby gems

   > gem signin
   > gem push puppetfile-resolver-0.11.0.gem