Your tasks: Releasing code

How to Create Code Releases

Description

Software needs to be released regularly. The points in time are described by the software development life cycle. Software Project Management Platforms like GitHub and GitLab offer features to release your software.

Considerations

• Naming schemes for the version of the release can be very diverse serving different purposes, for example Semantic Versioning (SemVer; e.g. “1.0.0”) and Calendar Versioning (CalVer; e.g. “24.10”).
• A Changelog can be given with the release to describe the changes made.
• Attachments like built binaries or packages or other software artefacts can be provided.

Solutions

• GitHub: Small to large and closed-source to open-source software projects
  • Go to your source code repository.
  • Click on releases and then on “Draft a new release”
  • Remember to use a version number with the considerations listed above.
  • Click on “Publish release”

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Tools and resources

• GitHub
• GitLab
• Semantic Versioning
• Calendar Versioning

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