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From: wh1337 <11448029+wh1337@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:25:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] updated release.md (@toddb)

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-# Releasing a new Version
+# Creating releases
 
 Releases are triggered via a GitHub Action. In order for this Action to be triggered, a new release must be made via the UI in GitHub.
 
-## Current Process
+Main Conventions:
+
+- product releases are versioned via X.X.X (eg 0.1.0)
+- tags have prefix 'v' (eg v0.1.0)
+
+NOTE: The `v` prefix is required. The GitHub Action will not trigger withouth it.
+
+## Step One: making changes and merging
+
+All deployments should take place from the `main` branch. To release a new feature branch, you will need to create a PR to the main branch from another branch or fork, have it reviewed and merged.
 
 - Merge this new change back into `main`
-- Navigate to Releases, Draft a new Release
-- Create a new tag with the name `v1.0.0`.
-  - NOTE: The `v` prefix is required. The GitHub Action will not trigger withouth it.
-- The release title should be the same name as the new tag created
-- Enter your release notes
-- Check the `Set as the latest release` box and publish release
+
+## Step Two: drafting
+
+- Navigate to [Releases](https://github.com/novuhq/novu-dotnet/releases)
+- [Draft a new Release](https://github.com/novuhq/novu-dotnet/releases/new)
+- Create a new tag
+  - Choose a tag > Find or crate a new tag > vX.X.X > Create new tag
+- Create release
+  - Release title: `vX.X.X`
+  - Content (example):
+
+```
+## What's Changed
+* Nothing functionality from 0.3.1—had a problem in the build scripts for publishing to nuget
+
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/novuhq/novu-dotnet/compare/vX.X.last)...vX.X.latest)
+```
+
+- [x] Set as the latest release
+- Save as draft [ready for others to review]
+
+## Step Three: releasing
 
 From here, GitHub Actions will trigger and publish the new release to Nuget. It generally takes around 5-10 minutes for the release to run and be available
 on Nuget.
 
-## How to release a new Feature branch
+- open your draft in [releases](https://github.com/novuhq/novu-dotnet/releases)
+- Publish release
+
+## Step Four: post-release checks
 
-All deployments should take place from the `main` branch. To release a new feature branch, you will need to create a PR to the main branch, have it reviewed and merged. Once merged into the
-main branch, you will follow the `Current Process` section to release a new version.
+- Check that it exists on nuget
+- Ideally update a project that uses the version