RELEASE.md

Release Guide for the Platform

Release

• Start Release
• Finish Release

Start Release

Execute npm run start-release -- [version] to start the automatic release process. The steps executed are:

1. Creating a release/v[version] branch using git flow release.
2. Bumping its version to [version] release and commiting bumped version files.
3. Publishing release/v[version] branch into repository.
4. Executes npm run tslint and npm run test.

The release is published in case there is a need for any additional tests, version fixes or bug fixes. This can be added before it is actually released.

Finish Release

Execute git flow release finish v[version] and npm run finish-release to start the automatic publishing process. The steps executed are:

1. Finishes, tags and deletes the release/[version] branch.
2. Pushes the new [version] tag into the repository.
3. Merges release into develop and pushes changes to repository.
4. Merges release into master and pushes changes to repository.
5. Executes npm run build process from master.
6. Executes npm run publish process from master.
7. Returns to develop branch.