Commit 0f615d40 authored by Ben Bodenmiller's avatar Ben Bodenmiller

add creating new release guide

parent 6654db2c
# Things to do when creating new release
NOTE: This is a developer guide. If you are trying to install GitLab see the latest stable [installation guide](install/installation.md) and if you are trying to upgrade, see the [upgrade guides](update).
## Install guide up to date?
* References correct GitLab branch `x-x-stable` and correct GitLab shell tag?
## Make upgrade guide
### From x.x to x.x
#### 0. Any major changes? Database updates? Web server change? File strucuture changes?
#### 1. Make backup
#### 2. Stop server
#### 3. Do users need to update dependencies like `git`?
#### 4. Get latest code
#### 5. Does GitLab shell need to be updated?
#### 6. Install libs, migrations, etc.
#### 7. Any config files updated since last release?
Check if any of these changed since last release (~22nd of last month depending on when last release branch was created):
* https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/commits/master/lib/support/nginx/gitlab
* https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-shell/commits/master/config.yml.example
* https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/commits/master/config/gitlab.yml.example
* https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/commits/master/config/puma.rb.example
* https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/commits/master/config/database.yml.mysql
* https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/commits/master/config/database.yml.postgresql
#### 8. Need to update init script?
Check if changed since last release (~22nd of last month depending on when last release branch was created): https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/commits/master/lib/support/init.d/gitlab
#### 9. Start application
#### 10. Check application status
## Make sure code status is good
* [![build status](http://ci.gitlab.org/projects/1/status.png?ref=master)](http://ci.gitlab.org/projects/1?ref=master) on ci.gitlab.org (master branch)
* [![build status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/gitlabhq/gitlabhq.png)](https://travis-ci.org/gitlabhq/gitlabhq) on travis-ci.org (master branch)
* [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/gitlabhq/gitlabhq.png)](https://codeclimate.com/github/gitlabhq/gitlabhq)
* [![Dependency Status](https://gemnasium.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq.png)](https://gemnasium.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq) this button can be yellow (small updates are available) but must not be red (a security fix or an important update is available)
* [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/badge.png?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/gitlabhq/gitlabhq)
## Make release branch
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