premake/scripts/RELEASE.md

PREMAKE RELEASE CHECKLIST

PREP

• Create a new release branch; push to origin

• Notify @premakeapp of release branch availability; request testing

• Update CHANGES.txt

  • premake5 --file=scripts/changes.lua --since=<last_release_rev> changes

  • Review and clean up as needed

• Update README.md

  • "Commits since last release" badge (once out of prerelease replace v5.0.0-alphaXX with latest)

• Update version in src/host/premake.h

• Update version in website/src/pages/download.js

• Commit changes and push release branch; wait for CI to pass

• Prep release announcement from change log

RELEASE

• Run premake5 package <release branch name> source (from Posix ideally)

• On each platform, run premake5 package <release branch name> binary

• Submit Windows binary to Microsoft malware analysis

• Push any remaining changes; tag release branch

• Create new release on GitHub from CHANGES.txt; upload files

• Post announcement to @premakeapp

CYCLE

• Update version in src/host/premake.h (e.x "5.0.0-dev")

• Commit

• Merge release branch to master

• Delete release branch