Overview
- Git course
- Intermediate
- Lesson 69/82
- 4 min
See the release workflow steps together.
Release workflow overview
When preparing a software release, it is important to complete changes in an organized order. First, the release point is marked with a tag, then the CHANGELOG file is updated and committed. Finally, the release commit is merged and the tag is pushed to the remote repository.
1. Prepare the release branch
2. Create an annotated tag
3. Update CHANGELOG
4. Commit and merge
5. Push the tag to the remoteThe order of release steps
Completing each step during release preparation makes the next step more reliable. Updating CHANGELOG documents the changes included in the release, and a commit adds this record to Git history. After merging is complete, the release tag can be pushed to the remote repository.
Update CHANGELOG
↓
git commit
↓
git merge
↓
git push origin v1.0.0Practice Arrange the release workflow
Print the five stages of a release preparation process in the correct order. Each stage must appear on a separate line.
Starter code
// Sürüm adımlarını sırayla yazdırSample solution
print("Annotated tag")
print("Update CHANGELOG")
print("Create commit")
print("Merge release")
print("Push tag")Expected output
Annotated tag Update CHANGELOG Create commit Merge release Push tag
Questions and answers
Review the lesson questions together with their answers. To test yourself, solve the lesson interactively.
1 Which operation associates a release with a specific Git commit?
- Deleting a remote
- Unstaging files
- Cloning a Git repository
- Creating an annotated tag Correct answer
Explanation: A tag marks a specific commit as a release point. An annotated tag also stores a message and tag information.
2 Push the release record to the remote
git push origin ____git push origin v1.0.0Explanation: In the final stage, the release tag is pushed to the remote repository. This makes the release point available remotely.
3 Release process stages
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
Tag oluşturma |
Marking the release point |
CHANGELOG |
Documenting changes |
Merge |
Merging changes into a branch |
Tag push |
Pushing the tag to remote |