Branches and Releases

I've been consolidating branches in a next release branch before merging into master to help version management a little bit. Haven't really worked out a better release management cycle than that for now.

If you want to PR, maybe ask first - if it's standalone and nothing else is going out in the same timeframe, the PR can probably target master. Otherwise, it might be merge-able into the next branch.

Current (WIP) Release Process

• Create a new PR targeting the next branch (i.e. not master)
• Release manager will merge into next, adding a link to the merged PR in the next PR description
• Release manager will update the version and changelog in next
• Release manager will build the release notes into the PR description
• Release manager will merge next into master and tag the release, copying over the release notes
• Release manager closes any associated Issues and leaves a comment with the release they were included in.

Release Notes

• Should be included on the release/tag
• Should have links to each PR that went into the release
• Don't necessarily have to link to bugs (the PR will probably have links to them)