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We now use OneFlow [1] for releases 3.5.0 and onwards. Closes #1780 [1]: https://www.endoflineblog.com/oneflow-a-git-branching-model-and-workflow
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Release Workflow
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We try to follow `Semantic Versioning <https://semver.org/>`_ in this project.
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Patch releases (e.g. ``3.3.X``) contain only bug fixes. Minor releases (e.g.
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``3.X.0``) can have backwards-compatible features. And major releases (
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``X.0.0``) can introduce incompatible changes.
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.. note::
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This document replaces the "`Release Guidelines
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<https://github.com/polybar/polybar/wiki/Release-Guidelines>`_" on the wiki
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that we used between 3.2.0 and 3.4.3. Starting with 3.5.0, we will follow
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the workflow described here to publish releases.
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Polybar uses the `OneFlow
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<https://www.endoflineblog.com/oneflow-a-git-branching-model-and-workflow>`_
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branching model for publishing new releases and introducing hotfixes.
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The way we accept code from contributors does not change: Contributors fork
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polybar, commit their changes to a new branch and open a PR to get that branch
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merged.
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After reviewing and approving the changes, a maintainer "merges" the PR.
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"Merging" is done in the GitHub UI by either rebasing or squashing the
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changes.
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Regular merging is disabled because we do not want merge a merge commit for
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every PR.
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This document is mainly concerned with how to properly release a new version of
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polybar.
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For that reason this might not be of interest to you, if you are not a
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maintainer, but feel free to read on anyway.
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Drafting a new Release
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----------------------
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There a two processes for how to draft a new release. The process for major and
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minor versions is the same as they both are "regular" releases.
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Patch releases are triggered by bugfixes that cannot wait until the next regular
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release and have a slightly different workflow.
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Regular Releases (Major, Minor)
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Regular releases are created once we find that ``master`` is in a stable state
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and that there are enough new features to justify a new release.
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A release branch ``release/X.Y.0`` is branched off of a commit on ``master``
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that contains all the features we want in the release, this branch is pushed to
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the official repository.
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For example for version ``3.5.0`` the branch ``release/3.5.0`` would be created:
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.. code-block:: shell
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git checkout -b release/3.5.0 <commit>
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The release branch should typically only exist for at most a few days.
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Hotfix Releases (Patch)
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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A hotfix release is created whenever we receive a fix for a bug that we believe
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should be released immediately instead of it only being part of the next regular
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release.
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Generally any bugfix qualifies, but it is up to the maintainers to decide
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whether a hotfix release should be created.
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The hotfix release branch ``hotfix/X.Y.Z`` is created by branching off at the
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previous release tag (``X.Y.Z-1``).
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For example, if the latest version is ``3.5.2``, the next hotfix will be on
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branch ``hotfix/3.5.3``:
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.. code-block:: shell
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git checkout -b hotfix/3.5.3 3.5.2
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Since the PRs for such bugfixes are often not created by maintainers, they will
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often not be based on the latest release tag, but just be branched off
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``master`` because contributors don't necessarily know about this branching
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model and also may well not know whether a hotfix will be created for a certain
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bugfix.
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.. TODO create contributor page that describes where to branch off. And link to
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that page.
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In case a PR containing a bugfix that is destined for a patch release is not
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branched off the previous release, a maintainer creates the proper release
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branch and cherry-picks the bugfix commits.
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.. note::
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Alternatively, the contributor can also ``git rebase --onto`` to base the
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branch off the previous release tag. However, in most cases it makes sense for
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a maintainer to create the release branch since they will also need to add a
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`Release Commit`_ to it.
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Once the release branch is created and contains the right commits, the
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maintainer should follow `Publishing a new Release`_ to finish this patch
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release.
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If multiple bugfixes are submitted in close succession, they can all be
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cherry-picked onto the same patch release branch to not create many individual
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release with only a single fix.
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The maintainer can also decide to leave the release branch for this patch
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release open for a week in order to possibly combine multiple bugfixes into a
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single release.
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Publishing a new Release
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------------------------
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The process for publishing a release is the same for all release types. It goes
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as follows:
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* A `Release commit`_ is added to the tip of the release branch.
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* A draft PR is opened for the release branch. This PR MUST NOT be merged in
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GitHub's interface, it is only here for review, merging happens at the
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commandline.
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* After approval, the GitHub release publishing tool is used to publish the
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release and tag the tip of the release branch (the release commit).
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* After the tag is created, the release branch is manually merged into
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``master``.
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Here it is vitally important that the history of the release branch does not
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change and so we use ``git merge``. We do it manually because using ``git
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merge`` is disabled on PRs.
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.. code-block:: shell
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git checkout master
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git merge <release-branch>
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git push origin
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* After the tag is created, the release branch can be deleted with ``git push
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origin :<release-branch>``.
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* Work through the `After-Release Checklist`_.
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Here ``<release-branch>`` is either a ``release/X.Y.0`` branch or a
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``hotfix/X.Y.Z`` branch.
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Release Commit
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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When merging, a release commit must be at the tip of the release branch.
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The release commit needs to update the version number in:
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* ``version.txt``
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The commit message contains the `Changelog`_ for this release.
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Changelog
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~~~~~~~~~
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Each release should come with a changelog briefly explaining what has changed
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for the user. It should generally be separated into 'Deprecations', 'Features',
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and 'Fixes', with 'Breaking Changes' listed separately at the top.
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See `old releases <https://github.com/polybar/polybar/releases>`_ for how to
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format the changelog.
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Since major releases generally break backwards compatibility in some way, their
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changelog should also prominently feature precisely what breaking changes were
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introduced. If suitable, maybe even separate documentation dedicated to the
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migration should be written.
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After-Release Checklist
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* Make sure all the new functionality is documented on the wiki
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* Mark deprecated features appropriately (see `Deprecations`_)
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* Remove all unreleased notes from the wiki (not for patch releases)
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* Inform packagers of new release in `#1971
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<https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/1971>`_. Mention any dependency
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changes and any changes to the build workflow. Also mention any new files are
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created by the installation.
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* Create a source archive named ``polybar-<version>.tar``.
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The repository contains a script that automates this:
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.. code-block:: shell
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./common/release-archive.sh <version>
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* Update the github release with a download section that contains a link to
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``polybar-<version>.tar`` and its sha256.
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* Create a PR that updates the AUR ``PKGBUILD`` files for the ``polybar`` and
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``polybar-git`` packages (push after the ``.tar`` file was created).
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Deprecations
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~~~~~~~~~~~~
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If any publicly facing part of polybar is being deprecated, it should be marked
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as such in the code, through warnings/errors in the log, and by comments in the
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wiki. Every deprecated functionality is kept until the next major release and
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removed there, unless it has not been deprecated in a minor release before.
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dev/packaging
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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:caption: Developer Documentation:
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dev/release-workflow
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Getting Help
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