(1) Checkout the branch to be released. This will usually be main except in the event of a hotfix. For hotfixes, checkout the release branch you want to fix.
(2) Create a new release branch.
git checkout -b release-v0.8.0(3) Create the release entry in the changelog with the contents of the Unreleased section, which should be left empty.
(4) Push and open a PR targeting main to carefully review the release changes. This will trigger a Github workflow that automatically bumps the version number throughout the project.
git push release-v0.8.0(5) Once merged, pull the changes from the release branch. Then, create a tag on the release branch and push it to the main repository.
git pull
git tag v0.8.0
git push origin v0.8.0(6) Finally, go to the repo's releases page and create a new one with the new tag and the base branch as target (main except in the event of a hotfix).
Make sure to write a detailed release description and a short changelog.