1-create-release-branch.md

Create Release Branch

A single release branch is created for every major or minor release. That release branch is then used for all Release Candidates, the Stable Release, and all Patch Releases for that major pr minor version of the agent.

Before you begin

1. Determine the VERSION_PREFIX.

Steps

1. Determine which commit should be used as a base for the release branch.

2. Create and push the release branch from the selected base commit:

   The name of the release branch should be release-VERSION_PREFIX defined above, such as release-v0.31.

    > **NOTE**: Branches are only made for VERSION_PREFIX; do not create branches for the full VERSION such as `release-v0.31-rc.0` or `release-v0.31.0`.
   

   • If the consensus commit is the latest commit from main you can branch from main.

   • If the consensus commit is not the latest commit from main, branch from that instead.

   NOTE: Don't create any other branches that are prefixed with release when creating PRs or those branches will collide with our automated release build publish rules.