HowToRelease.md

How To Release

Update ApprovalTests.cpp

Preparation:

• Determine the type of semantic release - major, minor or patch

Doing the release:

cd build

# Run one of:

deploy_major_release.py
deploy_minor_release.py
deploy_patch_release.py

prepare_major_release.py
prepare_minor_release.py
prepare_patch_release.py

Overview of steps

How to add a new release to Conan

The release process needs to submit a pull request to add the new release to https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/blob/master/recipes/approvaltests.cpp/all/conandata.yml

This is only partially automated at the moment.

You will need to:

• Once-off Preparation
  • Either:
  • Either:
    • Fork the conan-center-index repo.
  • Or:
    • Request write-permission to claremacrae/conan-center-index
  • Clone chosen conan-center-index fork to your machine
  • Edit build/scripts/conan_release.py's get_conan_repo_directory()() to add the relative path to your cloned fork
  • Install Conan
  • Install the conan-center hook
• Run the release process as normal - this appends lines for your new release to your copy of conandata.yml
• The 'deploy' step will test the changes, and prompt you to submit a pull request