# How to release
* Make sure you're on main and synced to HEAD
* Ensure the project builds and tests run
* `parallel -j0 exec ::: test/*_test` can help ensure everything at least
passes
* Prepare release notes
* `git log $(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)..HEAD` gives you the list of
commits between the last annotated tag and HEAD
* Pick the most interesting.
* Create one last commit that updates the version saved in `CMakeLists.txt` and `MODULE.bazel`
to the release version you're creating. (This version will be used if benchmark is installed
from the archive you'll be creating in the next step.)
```
project (benchmark VERSION 1.8.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
```
```
module(name = "com_github_google_benchmark", version="1.8.0")
```
* Create a release through github's interface
* Note this will create a lightweight tag.
* Update this to an annotated tag:
* `git pull --tags`
* `git tag -a -f <tag> <tag>`
* `git push --force --tags origin`
* Confirm that the "Build and upload Python wheels" action runs to completion
* Run it manually if it hasn't run.
* IMPORTANT: When re-running manually, make sure to select the newly created `<tag>` as the workflow version in the "Run workflow" tab on the GitHub Actions page.