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+# Release Process
+
+- Close all issues for planned release
+- Checkout and pull `main` branch in git from origin
+- Run `npm version <semver-pre-release, e.g., 1.6.0-alpha>` (Update in package.json to be a semver pre-release, then commit, tag with semver pre-release and auto run `git push && git push --tags`)
+  - Triggers CI build from tag to call `npm run buildAll && npm publish --access public` (Publish npm package to npmjs.com)
+- Verify pre-released package
+  - Run m30pm (via npx)
+    - Run `npx m30pm --version`
+    - Run `npx m30pm project create --help`
+- Run `npm version <semver-release, e.g., 1.6.0>` (Update in package.json to be a semver release, then commit, tag with semver release and auto run `git push && git push --tags`)
+  - Triggers CI build from tag to call `npm run buildAll && npm publish --access public` (Publish npm package to npmjs.com)
+- Create new release (on GitHub)
+  - select (final release) tag
+  - auto-generate release notes
+  - publish final release
+
+# Versioning
+
+## Goals
+
+- Enable Mach 30 to be able to produce incremental releases of m30pm
+
+## Schema
+
+- semantic version
+- dash (except for final release)
+- release keyword (except for final release)
+  - alpha.n (initial pre-releases numbered n)
+  - beta.n (optional intermediary pre-release numbered n)
+  - rc.n (release candidate, final pre-release numbered n)
+
+### Examples
+
+- v1.6.0-alpha.0
+- v1.6.0-beta.2
+- v1.6.0-rc.1
+- v1.6.0