How to Release a New Version

Releasing a new version step-by-step instruction.

Before publishing

Create a new PR named PR: Release version x and do the following:

• Increase version_info and __date__ in __init__.py
• Update CDPREP_OUTPUT_DIRNAME in azure-pipelines.yml
• Increase release version in the splash.

When publishing

• Once Azure Pipeline has finish building on the PR opened for this release, download the Gwire binary.
• Check that the binary does not trigger a false positive in Microsoft Defender.
• Merge the pull request.
• Add the binary to the corresponding release draft on GitHub.
• Publish the release (this must be done AFTER the pull request has been merge).

After publishing

• Increase version_info with 'dev' in __init__.py and push directly to master
• Update CDPREP_OUTPUT_DIRNAME in azure-pipelines.yml