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- # Release
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+ # Release Process
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Releases are mostly automated using
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[ release-it] ( https://github.com/release-it/release-it/ ) and
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[ lerna-changelog] ( https://github.com/lerna/lerna-changelog/ ) .
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## Preparation
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Since the majority of the actual release process is automated, the primary
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represent something that would make sense to our users. Some great information
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on why this is important can be found at
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[ keepachangelog.com] ( https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/ ) , but the overall
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- guiding principles here is that changelogs are for humans, not machines.
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+ guiding principle here is that changelogs are for humans, not machines.
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When reviewing merged PR's the labels to be used are:
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* internal - Used for internal changes that still require a mention in the
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changelog/release notes.
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## Release
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Once the prep work is completed, the actual release is straight forward:
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- * First ensure that you have ` release-it ` installed globally, generally done by
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- using one of the following commands:
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+ * First, ensure that you have installed your projects dependencies:
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+ ``` sh
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+ yarn install
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```
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- # using https://volta.sh
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- volta install release-it
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- # using Yarn
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- yarn global add release-it
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+ * Second, ensure that you have obtained a
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+ [ GitHub personal access token] [ generate-token ] with the ` repo ` scope (no
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+ other permissions are needed). Make sure the token is available as the
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+ ` GITHUB_AUTH ` environment variable.
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- # using npm
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- npm install --global release-it
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- ```
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+ For instance:
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- * Second, ensure that you have installed your projects dependencies:
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+ ``` bash
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+ export GITHUB_AUTH=abc123def456
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+ ```
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- ```
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- # using yarn
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- yarn install
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- # using npm
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- npm install
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- ```
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+ [ generate-token ] : https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=repo&description=GITHUB_AUTH+env+variable
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- * And last (but not least 😁) do your release:
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+ * And last (but not least 😁) do your release.
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- ```
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- release-it
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+ ``` sh
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```
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[ release-it] ( https://github.com/release-it/release-it/ ) manages the actual
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- release process. It will prompt you through the process of choosing the version
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- number, tagging, pushing the tag and commits, etc.
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+ release process. It will prompt you to to choose the version number after which
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+ you will have the chance to hand tweak the changelog to be used (for the
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+ ` CHANGELOG.md ` and GitHub release), then ` release-it ` continues on to tagging,
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+ pushing the tag and commits, etc.
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