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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Infra: Create a GitHub Action to simplify release process","articleBody":"## Situation\r\n\r\nThe current release process is described in the file `release-procedure.md`. It's a bit of cumbersome as a lot of things needs to be done manually.\r\n\r\nSome ideas were already described in #186, this is specific for releases.\r\n\r\n## Proposed Solution\r\n\r\nA GitHub Action seems a good method for this task. Some ideas what our Action could do:\r\n\r\n* start the release process when a) a tag is created with adheres to the semantic version, or, b) a branch `release/VERSION` is merged into master.\r\n  (not sure which one of this will be better or more feasible)\r\n* Verify if a branch `release/VERSION` matches with the `__version__` variable in `semver.py`?\r\n* Verify if the `CHANGELOG.rst` contains the correct version string?\r\n* Maybe use the branch `release/VERSION` to publish it to the TestPyPI first.\r\n* When the branch `release/VERSION` is merged into master (and only then!), do:\r\n  * deploy it to PyPI\r\n  * create a tag (and use the content of the `CHANGELOG.rst`?)\r\n  * update the \"Releases\" tab on our GitHub repo page\r\n  * ...\r\n\r\nIt's just a collection of rough ideas. I need to try it what's possible and what is more difficult.\r\n\r\n@scls19fr If you have more ideas or disagree with the above, just let me know so I can tailor this Action for our specific use case. :-)\r\n\r\n**Hint:**\r\nI will try it out in my fork first so this repo will be kept clean.\r\n\r\n\r\n## See also\r\n\r\nPossible GH Actions to investigate further:\r\n\r\n* [create-release action](https://github.com/actions/create-release)\r\n* [pypi-publish](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/pypi-publish)\r\n* [deploy-pypi](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/deploy-pypi)\r\n* [Publishing package distribution releases using GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows](https://packaging.python.org/guides/publishing-package-distribution-releases-using-github-actions-ci-cd-workflows/)\r\n* [GitHub Actions: Manual triggers with workflow_dispatch](https://github.blog/changelog/2020-07-06-github-actions-manual-triggers-with-workflow_dispatch/) (added on 2020-11-15, found by @tlaferriere, thanks!)\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/tomschr","@type":"Person","name":"tomschr"},"datePublished":"2019-11-25T13:22:37.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":20},"url":"https://github.com/205/python-semver/issues/205"}