Publish a release

Publication procedure

  • Update merge request template (settings / merge_requests) to point to a new changelog wiki page
  • Run python scripts/python/do-release.py [NEW_VERSION]
  • Update CITATION.cff, create a commit, tag and push (see script output)
  • A new release is automatically created on GitLab
    • Fill in the release notes from the Wiki
  • Copy release binaries and container images from CI job to OGS S3 storage to a subdirectory containing the tag name at https://vip.s3.ufz.de/ogs/public/binaries/ogs6
    • Create folder mc mb ogs/ogs/public/binaries/ogs6/TAG/
    • Copy mc cp ogs/ogs/public/container/ogs/master/* ogs/ogs/public/binaries/ogs6/TAG/
  • Create a release on GitHub mirror (ufz/ogs)
  • Check if a Zenodo release is automatically issued
  • Update Zenodo entry with correct authors (obtained via git shortlog -sne [new_version]...[previous_version])
  • Run python scripts/python/post-release.py and commit and create a discourse announcement post
  • Set milestone on expired issues and merge requests

This article was written by Lars Bilke. If you are missing something or you find an error please let us know.
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