RELEASING.md

Release Process

Versioning is using MinVer. No changes in the code are needed to correctly version this package.

1. Update the version in the following files:

   • splunk-otel-dotnet-install.sh
   • Splunk.OTel.DotNet.psm1
   • docs/README.md

2. Update the CHANGELOG.md with the new release.

3. Create a pull request on GitHub with the changes described in the changelog.

   • *scripts* and validate-documentation jobs will fail because the release is not published yet.

4. Once the pull request has been merged, create a signed tag for the merged commit. You can do this using the following Bash snippet:

   TAG='v{new-version-here}'
   COMMIT='{commit-sha-here}'
   git tag -s -m $TAG $TAG $COMMIT
   git push upstream $TAG

   After you've pushed the git tag, a ci GitHub workflow starts.

5. Publish a release in GitHub:

   • Use the CHANGELOG.md content in the description.
   • Add the artifacts from the ci GitHub workflow related to the created tag.