git status                              # check you have a clean working directory
rake version:bump:minor                 # or patch or major, commits the change
rake gemspec                            # to generate the new gemspec file
git add formtastic.gemspec              # stage changes
git commit -am "new gemspec"            # commit and describe the reason for the new gem
git tag -am "0.2.3" 0.2.3               # tag the new version in the code base too
git log 0.2.2..0.2.3                    # check the log since last tag
gem build formtastic.gemspec            # build the gem
gem push formtastic-0.2.3.gem           # publish the gem
git push                                # push to github
git push --tags                         # push the tags up to remote too