diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index 42a597e29b..2c84c78a11 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ MIT License -Copyright (c) 2016 Jeremy Saenz & Contributors +Copyright (c) 2022 urfave/cli maintainers Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 134e72e893..6e4d698c24 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -78,3 +78,7 @@ export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin cli is tested against multiple versions of Go on Linux, and against the latest released version of Go on OS X and Windows. This project uses Github Actions for builds. To see our currently supported go versions and platforms, look at the [./.github/workflows/cli.yml](https://github.com/urfave/cli/blob/main/.github/workflows/cli.yml). + +## License + +See [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE) diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md index e957d945d1..6aec50b429 100644 --- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +> :warning: This document is no longer being actively maintained. Please see the +> [releases page](https://github.com/urfave/cli/releases) for all release notes +> and related hypermedia for releases `>= 1.22.5`, `>= 2.3.0`. + +--- + # Change Log **ATTN**: This project uses [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/). diff --git a/docs/RELEASING.md b/docs/RELEASING.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b10e4e0dbf --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/RELEASING.md @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +# Releasing urfave/cli + +Releasing small batches often is [backed by +research](https://itrevolution.com/accelerate-book/) as part of the +virtuous cycles that keep teams and products healthy. + +To that end, the overall goal of the release process is to send +changes out into the world as close to the time the commits were +merged to the `main` branch as possible. In this way, the community +of humans depending on this library are able to make use of the +changes they need **quickly**, which means they shouldn't have to +maintain long-lived forks of the project, which means they can get +back to focusing on the work on which they want to focus. This also +means that the @urfave/cli team should be able to focus on +delivering a steadily improving product with significantly eased +ability to associate bugs and regressions with specific releases. + +## Process + +- Release versions follow [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/) +- Releases are associated with **signed, annotated git tags**[^1]. +- Release notes are **automatically generated**[^2]. + +In the `main` or `v1` branch, the current version is always +available via: + +```sh +git describe --always --dirty --tags +``` + +**NOTE**: if the version reported contains `-dirty`, this is +indicative of a "dirty" work tree, which is not a great state for +creating a new release tag. Seek help from @urfave/cli teammates. + +For example, given a described version of `v2.4.7-3-g68da1cd` and a +diff of `v2.4.7...` that contains only bug fixes, the next version +should be `v2.4.8`: + +```sh +git tag -a -s -m 'Release 2.4.8' v2.4.8 +git push origin v2.4.8 +``` + +The tag push will trigger a GitHub Actions workflow. The remaining +steps require human intervention through the GitHub web view +although [automated solutions +exist](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release) that may be +adopted in the future. + +- Open the [the new release page](https://github.com/urfave/cli/releases/new) +- At the top of the form, click on the `Choose a tag` select control and select `v2.4.8` +- In the `Write` tab below, click the `Auto-generate release notes` button +- At the bottom of the form, click the `Publish release` button +- :white_check_mark: you're done! + +[^1]: This was not always true. There are many **lightweight git + tags** present in the repository history. + +[^2]: This was not always true. The + [`docs/CHANGELOG.md`](./CHANGELOG.md) document used to be + manually maintained.