svgedit/docs/ReleaseInstructions.md

Creating a new svg-edit release

Prepare

1. npm run browser-test - Ensure build steps occur and tests are passing
2. npm start and in another console window, npm test - This should also be run, though currently accessibility tests are failing.
3. npm run build-docs - Ensure JSDoc can build and is available for site build (though not added to master, will be copied over in gh-pages steps and used in npm publish step).
4. npm pack --dry-run to preview which files will be included once published and taking into account .npmignore.

Update the main project

1. Update version in package.json (and package-lock.json (via npm i)).
2. Update the CHANGES file with a summary of all changes.
3. Add new release info to Recent news section in README
4. Commit these changes

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1. Tag the version, prefixed by "v", e.g., v5.1.0.

The above steps can be done on a fork and committed via a pull request.

Create the release on gh-pages

1. Switch to the gh-pages branch with git checkout gh-pages.
2. Run the build.js executable (npm run build if within the project root directory); Please note: this script is only available on gh-pages and currently assumes that one has the gh-pages branch checked out within a folder that is in a sibling directory to a folder named svgedit that is on the master branch and whose files and version info will be copied over to gh-pages in making the "latest" and specific version builds
3. Commit these changes with git commit -m "Updating files for release X.Y.Z".
4. Switch back to the master branch with git checkout master.
5. Ensure this step worked by visiting https://svg-edit.github.io/svgedit/releases/svg-edit-X.Y.Z/editor/svg-editor.html (and in an ES6-Module-compliant browser, https://svg-edit.github.io/svgedit/releases/svg-edit-X.Y.Z/editor/svg-editor-es.html).

The above steps can be done on a fork and committed via a pull request.

Create the release on GitHub

1. Go to https://github.com/SVG-Edit/svgedit/releases and select Draft a new release.
2. Make the release target point at the tag where the changes were updated.
3. Write a short description of the release and include a link to the live version (in another tab, you may wish to see the source for a previous release): https://svg-edit.github.io/svgedit/releases/svg-edit-X.Y.Z/editor/svg-editor.html.
4. Create the release!

You will need to be a member of the SVG-Edit GitHub group to do this step.

Publish to npm

1. npm publish

You will need to be a member of the npm group to do this step.