Release Preparation Skill
Use this skill when preparing a new release of rhusky.
Release Workflow Overview
- •Ensure all changes are committed and tests pass
- •Bump the version
- •Push and create PR
- •After merge, CI automatically creates tag and publishes
Step 1: Pre-release Checks
Run all quality checks before releasing:
bash
# Format check cargo +nightly fmt --all -- --check # Lint check cargo +nightly clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings -W missing-docs # Run tests cargo test
Step 2: Check Current State
bash
# Current version grep '^version' Cargo.toml # Check for uncommitted changes git status # Check latest git tag git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "No tags yet"
Step 3: Bump Version
Choose the appropriate bump type:
- •patch: Bug fixes, minor improvements (0.0.1 -> 0.0.2)
- •minor: New features, backward compatible (0.1.0 -> 0.2.0)
- •major: Breaking changes (1.0.0 -> 2.0.0)
- •Edit
Cargo.tomland update theversionfield - •Run
cargo update --workspace - •Stage and commit:
bash
git add Cargo.toml Cargo.lock git commit -m "chore(version): bump X.Y.Z -> A.B.C"
Step 4: Verify the Bump
bash
# Check the commit git log -1 # Check what files changed git diff HEAD~1 --stat
Step 5: Push and Create PR
bash
# Push branch git push origin HEAD # Create PR (if on feature branch) gh pr create --title "chore(version): bump to X.Y.Z" --body "Release X.Y.Z"
Step 6: After Merge
Once the PR is merged to main:
- •CI runs tests (fmt, clippy, test on Linux/macOS/Windows)
- •CI detects version change (compares Cargo.toml with latest git tag)
- •CI creates git tag
vX.Y.Z - •CI generates changelog from conventional commits using Cocogitto
- •CI creates GitHub Release with changelog as release body
- •CI publishes to crates.io
This is why all commits must follow Angular Conventional Commit style
(<type>(<scope>): <subject>) - Cocogitto parses these to generate
the changelog automatically.
Checking Release Status
bash
# Check latest release on GitHub gh release list --limit 1 # Check crates.io cargo search rhusky
Troubleshooting
CI didn't create a release
Check that:
- •The version in Cargo.toml differs from the latest git tag
- •The merge was to the main branch
- •CI workflow completed successfully
Need to re-release same version
You cannot republish the same version to crates.io. Bump to a new patch version instead.