Creating a release

This page is for ArkScript contributors and release managers

Releasing a new version of the language#

1. Make sure every feature, bug fix and edit has been pushed to the dev branch
   • check that the stdlib submodule is up to date!
2. Make sure the CI passes on dev
3. Update the CHANGELOG.md to name the current version and add the date of the day: ## [X.Y.Z] - YYYY-MM-DD
4. Create a tag on the CLI: git tag vX.Y.Z && git push --tags
5. This will trigger the release.yml workflow on ArkScript-lang/Ark, which will:
   • create binaries for Linux, MacOS, and Windows
   • create an InnoSetup installer for Windows
   • create a draft release with the release notes from the changelog
6. Publish the release as latest and create a discussion for it in Show and tell
7. Go to ArkScript-lang/homebrew-arkscript:
   • create a new formula with the Python script: python3 create_formula.py v[X.Y.Z]
   • push the changes