Merge pull request #1172 from github/include-release-instructions-in-readme

add release instructions to README
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Rick Bradley
2014-05-05 12:02:26 -07:00

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Sometimes getting the tests running can be too much work, especially if you don't have much Ruby experience. It's okay: be lazy and let our build bot [Travis](http://travis-ci.org/#!/github/linguist) run the tests for you. Just open a pull request and the bot will start cranking away.
Here's our current build status, which is hopefully green: [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/github/linguist.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/github/linguist)
### Releasing
If you are the current maintainer of this gem:
0. Create a branch for the release: `git checkout -b cut-release-vxx.xx.xx`
0. Make sure your local dependencies are up to date: `bundle install`
0. Ensure that samples are updated: `bundle exec rake samples`
0. Ensure that tests are green: `bundle exec rake test`
0. Bump gem version in github-linguist.gemspec. For example, [like this](https://github.com/github/linguist/commit/97908204a385940e47251af9ecb689e8f6515c48).
0. Make a PR to github/linguist. For example, [#1075](https://github.com/github/linguist/pull/1075).
0. Build a local gem: `gem build github-linguist.gemspec`
0. Testing:
0. Bump the Gemfile and Gemfile.lock versions for an app which relies on this gem
0. Install the new gem locally
0. Test behavior locally, branch deploy, whatever needs to happen
0. Merge github/linguist PR
0. Tag and push: `git tag vx.xx.xx; git push --tags`
0. Push to rubygems.org -- `gem push github-linguist-2.10.12.gem`