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+# Release
+
+Keeping releases consistent is important so here are the steps to follow when pushing a new version.
+
+1. Bump ```lib/versioncake/version.rb``` to the next major.minor version
+2. Make sure all tests are passing ```bundle && rake && rake appraisal test```
+3. Smoke test in 350-rest-api-versioning/store-after-versioncake
+
+Verify:
+ - latest version works
+ - getting old version works
+ - config flags
+ - rails versions
+
+4. Make sure CHANGELOG is up to date
+5. Commit changes ```git commit -am "bumping to vX.X"```
+
+Changes committed:
+ - Gemfile.lock &&gemfiles/*.lock
+ - version.rb
+
+6. Push to github ```git push origin/master```
+7. Tag the version ```git tag -a vX.X -m 'Version X.X Stable' && git push --tags```
+
+8. Build the gem ```gem build versioncake.gemspec```
+9. Push the gem to ruby gems ```gem push versioncake-v1.2.gem```
+10. Remove the built gem locally ```rm versioncake-1.1.0.gem```