- Work in a topic branch
- Submit a github pull request
- Address any comments / feeback
- Merge into master using --no-ff
- This module adheres to http://semver.org/
- Look for API breaking changes using git diff vX.Y.Z..master
- If no API breaking changes, the minor version may be bumped.
- If there are API breaking changes, the major version must be bumped.
- If there are only small minor changes, the patch version may be bumped.
- Update the CHANGELOG
- Update the Modulefile
- Commit these changes with a message along the lines of "Update CHANGELOG and Modulefile for release"
- Create an annotated tag with git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m 'version X.Y.Z' (NOTE the leading v as per semver.org)
- Push the tag with git push origin --tags
- Build a new package with puppet-module or the rake build task if it exists
- Publish the new package to the forge
- Bonus points for an announcement to puppet-users.