docs (#129)

Co-authored-by: ranchodeluxe <greg.corradini@gmail.com>

Author: ranchodeluxe

.github/workflows/pre-release.yml

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
           git fetch origin
           git checkout ${{ github.head_ref }}
           git add -A
-          git commit -m "release version to ${{ env.new_version }}"
+          git commit -m "release version to v${{ env.new_version }}"
           # only tag main branch in manual release
           # git tag "v${{ env.new_version }}"
           git push origin ${{ github.head_ref }}

docs/release.md

@@ -5,26 +5,25 @@ title that decides if the chart's version bumps will be major, minor or patch ac
 All they need to do is prefix `major: `, `minor: ` or `patch: ` to the PR title
 
 
-2. All PRs merged against the base `main` will kick off a "pre-release" workflow that does the following:
+2. All PRs opened, synchronized or reopened against `main` will kick off a "pre-release" workflow that does the following:
 
    1. detect if there are changes in the `helm-chart/` directory (if no changes are detected the "pre-release.yaml" workflow exits gracefully)
 
    2. sniff the PR title to determine major, minor or patch bumps
 
    3. increment the helm chart's `version` and `appVersion` accordingly
 
-   4. create a new PR with these changes with a title called
-   `'release ${{ env.new_version }} for ${{ github.ref }}@${{ github.sha }}'` and body listing the new chart version
+   4. add a commit to the open PR with the `Chart.yaml` bumps and a commit titled: `'release version to v<version-increment>`
 
 
-3. The releaser should find this PR, review and merge accordingly
+3. The releaser should review this PR and make sure everything (include the `Chart.yaml` bumps seem correct). Then merge the PR
 
 
-4. Then the releaser should go to the Github release UI/UX and kick off a new release by doing the following:
+3. Then the releaser should go to the Github release UI/UX and kick off a new release by doing the following:
 
    1. click "Draft New Release"
 
-   2. create a new tag for the branch `main` with the chart version listed in the previous PR's body and title
+   2. create a new tag for the branch `main` with the chart version listed in the previous PR's commit message
 
    3. click the "Generate release notes"