jprdonnelly/docs
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of synced 2025-12-21 19:06:49 -05:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Wiki Activity

doc: update docs for tag selection of new release (#20996)

Browse Source 
* doc: update docs for tag selection of new release
* Fix versioning
This commit is contained in:
Myles Borins
2021-08-25 13:48:32 -04:00
committed by GitHub
parent 0943433938
commit b356593b26
6 changed files with 11 additions and 3 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

14
content/github/administering-a-repository/releasing-projects-on-github/managing-releases-in-a-repository.md
View File

@@ -39,10 +39,18 @@ You can choose whether {% data variables.large_files.product_name_long %} ({% da
{% data reusables.repositories.releases %}
3. Click **Draft a new release**.
![Releases draft button](/assets/images/help/releases/draft_release_button.png)
4. Type a version number for your release. Versions are based on [Git tags](https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Basics-Tagging). We recommend naming tags that fit within [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/).
![Releases tagged version](/assets/images/help/releases/releases-tag-version.png)
4. {% ifversion fpt %}Click **Choose a tag** and type{% else %}Type{% endif %} a version number for your release.
{% ifversion fpt %}
![Enter a tag](/assets/images/help/releases/releases-tag-create.png)
1. Click **Create new tag**.
![Confirm you want to create a new tag](/assets/images/help/releases/releases-tag-create-confirm.png)
{% else %}
![Releases tagged version](/assets/images/enterprise/releases/releases-tag-version.png)
{% endif %}
5. Use the drop-down menu to select the branch that contains the project you want to release.
![Releases tagged branch](/assets/images/help/releases/releases-tag-branch.png)
{% ifversion fpt %}![Choose a branch](/assets/images/help/releases/releases-choose-branch.png)
{% else %}![Releases tagged branch](/assets/images/enterprise/releases/releases-tag-branch.png)
{% endif %}
6. Type a title and description for your release.
![Releases description](/assets/images/help/releases/releases_description.png)
7. Optionally, to include binary files such as compiled programs in your release, drag and drop or manually select files in the binaries box.