This document will cover how to properly release Vector.
Vector adheres to Semantic Versioning and the release process is dependent on the version change.
- Create a new branch from the latest
vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
tag. Ex:git checkout -b v1.2.3 v1.2.2
- Make the appropriate changes/fixes.
- Update the
version
key in/Cargo.toml
and runcargo build
to get the version bump in theCargo.lock
file. - Update the
/CHANGELOG.md
header to reflect the new versionvMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH - 2019-05-02
- Commit the changes above with message "Release vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH"
- Create a new tag named
vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
- Push the new tag
- Delete the temporary branch you created.
- All done
- Switch to the
master
branch, this should be reflective of the new version's changes. - Update the
version
key in/Cargo.toml
and runcargo build
to get the version bump in theCargo.lock
file. - Update the
/CHANGELOG.md
header to reflect the new versionvMAJOR.MINOR.0 - 2019-05-02
- Commit the changes above with message
"Release vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH"
- Create a new tag named
vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
- Push the new tag.
- Update the
/CHANGELOG.md
header to reflect the new upcoming versionvNEW_MAJOR.NEW_MINOR-dev
- Commit the changes above with message
"Start vNEW_MAJOR.NEW_MINOR+1"
- All done