1. Set release information ```bash # export PREVIOUS_RELEASE=$(git describe --abbrev=0) export PREVIOUS_RELEASE=0.3.5 # generate the full changelog since last pyhs100 release export NEW_RELEASE=0.4.0.dev4 ``` 2. Update the version number ```bash poetry version $NEW_RELEASE ``` 3. Write a short and understandable summary for the release. * Create a new issue and label it with release-summary * Create $NEW_RELEASE milestone in github, and assign the issue to that * Close the issue 3. Generate changelog ```bash # gem install github_changelog_generator --pre # https://github.com/github-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator#github-token export CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN=token github_changelog_generator --base HISTORY.md --user python-kasa --project python-kasa --since-tag $PREVIOUS_RELEASE --future-release $NEW_RELEASE -o CHANGELOG.md --exclude-tags-regex 'dev\d$' ``` Remove '--exclude-tags-regex' for dev releases. 4. Commit the changed files ```bash git commit -av ``` 5. Create a PR for the release. 6. Get it merged, fetch the upstream master ```bash git checkout master git fetch upstream git rebase upstream/master ``` 7. Tag the release (add short changelog as a tag commit message), push the tag to git ```bash git tag -a $NEW_RELEASE git push upstream $NEW_RELEASE ``` All tags on master branch will trigger a new release on pypi. 8. Click the "Draft a new release" button on github, select the new tag and copy & paste the changelog into the description.