docs(release): update the release docs in readme

README.md

@@ -220,27 +220,31 @@ npm run test-watch
 
 #### Create Release Branch
 
-To create a release branch and changelog, run the following command with a semantic release type (major, minor, patch):
+Note: you must have the `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable set to a valid GitHub token with write access to your repo.
 
-```
+To create a release branch and changelog, run the following command, optionally with a semantic release type (major, minor, patch) (if not provided, it will default to semver (it's best to let it default)):
+
+```bash
 ./scripts/release <release-type>
 ```
 
 Verify changelog in branch. Create a PR if everything looks good. Merge when tests are green.
 
 #### Tagging and Publishing
 
+Note: you must have write permission to this repo do perform this action
+
 Once the release branch is merged, checkout master and run:
 
-```
+```bash
 ./scripts/publish
 ```
 
-This will build the current state of master, tag it based on the release version and push the tag up to GitHub. If that all looks good, the final command to run is:
+This will build the current state of master, tag it based on the release version and push the tag up to GitHub. Travis will detect the new tag and publish to npm.
 
-```
-npm publish
-```
+_OR_
+
+You can create a new tag via the GitHub user interface. If you do it this way, make sure to use the correct version as the tag name (eg. `6.2.0`).
 
 ## In the wild
 

scripts/publish

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ error() {
 if [ -z "$TRAVIS" ]; then
   git checkout master
   git pull
-  npm install
-  npm run build
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$CURRENT_BRANCH" ]; then
@@ -34,4 +32,4 @@ git tag -a $VERSION -m "release $VERSION"
 git push --set-upstream origin $CURRENT_BRANCH > /dev/null 2>&1
 git push --tags > /dev/null 2>&1
 
-success "pushed $VERSION tag to GitHub. If everything looks good, run: npm publish"
+success "pushed $VERSION tag to GitHub."

scripts/release

@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ VERSION="$(npm version --no-git-tag-version $BUMP_TYPE | sed 's/v//g')"
 echo "==> Updating Changelog"
 node_modules/.bin/conventional-changelog -i CHANGELOG.md -o CHANGELOG.md -p angular
 
-echo "==> Cleaning Build directory"
-rm -rf ./dist
-
-echo "==> Creating build files"
-npm run build
-
 echo "==> Committing changes"
 
 git checkout -b "release-$VERSION"