release_procedures.md

Release Procedures Manual

1. Run the Ship-It Script

Execute the Ship-It script to prepare the release:

make shipit version=v1.2.3 message="in this release we changed xyz"

2. Create a GitHub release

Use the release notes generated by the shipit script when creating a new GitHub release. The shipit script also creates the binaries required for the release in the ./bin folder.

3. Bump the version

1. Update the URL and sha256 in the Homebrew formula (kardolus/homebrew-chatgpt-cli/HomebrewFormula/chatgpt-cli.rb).

2. Calculate the sha256 of the new tar file using:

sha256sum /path/to/tar/file