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Check the Semantic Versioning page for info on how to version the new release: http://semver.org
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Make sure you're on the most recent
main
$ git checkout main $ git pull
-
Create a branch named
release_X_Y_Z
(replacingX_Y_Z
with the intended release version)$ git checkout -b release_X_Y_Z
-
Update the version of Shopify CLI in
lib/shopify-cli/version.rb
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Update the version of Shopify CLI at the top of
Gemfile.lock
(failing to do so causes the CI build to fail) -
Add an entry for the new release to
CHANGELOG.md
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Commit the changes with a commit message like "Packaging for release X.Y.Z"
$ git commit -am "Packaging for release vX.Y.Z"
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Push out the changes
$ git push -u origin release_X_Y_Z
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Open a PR for the branch, get necessary approvals from code owners and merge into main branch. Note that the PR title will be the release note in Shipit, so make sure it mentions the release
-
Deploy using Shipit
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Update your
main
branch to the latest version$ git checkout main $ git pull
-
On local machine and AFTER gem has been published to https://rubygems.org, run
$ rake package
This will generate the
.deb
,.rpm
and brew formula files, which will be located inpackaging/builds/X.Y.Z/
. -
Clone the
Shopify/homebrew-shopify
repository (if not already cloned), and then- create a branch named
release_X_Y_Z_of_shopify-cli
- update the brew formula in
shopify-cli.rb
with the generated formula inpackaging/builds/X.Y.Z/
in theShopify/shopify-cli
repo (from therake package
step above) - commit the change and create a PR on the Shopify Homebrew repository
- when PR is approved, merge into main branch
- create a branch named
-
Go to releases page of
Shopify/shopify-cli
repo and create a new release:- use the tag created by Shipit (should be "vX.Y.Z")
- release title = "Version X.Y.Z"
- description should be
Release of version X.Y.Z of Shopify CLI Please refer to [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/Shopify/shopify-cli/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for details.
- upload the
.deb
and.rpm
files frompackaging/builds/X.Y.Z/
(generated in step 9) - if it's a pre-release version, select the "This is a pre-release" checkbox
- and click "Publish release".