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Performing releases

  1. Create a new issue to announce the planned release:
  2. If necessary, test main locally in the:
    1. stylelint/stylelint-config-recommended
    2. stylelint/stylelint-config-standard
    3. stylelint/stylelint.io
  3. Release Stylelint:
    1. If necessary, reorder the changelog entries in the "Prepare release" pull request so that the widest-reaching changes come first.
    2. Merge the "Prepare release" pull request.
    3. Open a terminal window in the stylelint repository.
    4. Run npm run release.
    5. Select the version from the np prompt that matches the one in the changelog.
    6. Confirm the publishing of the package to www.npmjs.com/package/stylelint.
    7. Confirm the creation of the release at github.com/stylelint/stylelint/releases.
  4. If necessary, release stylelint-config-*:
    1. Change to the stylelint-config-* repository.
    2. Repeat steps 5 to 8 above for that repository.
  5. Update the website:
    1. Change to the stylelint.io repository.
    2. Run npm install https://github.com/stylelint/stylelint/tarball/${new_version} --save-dev (replacing ${new_version} with the version number e.g. 14.13.2).
    3. Run npm test.
    4. Commit these changes.
    5. Push these changes.
    6. Confirm the deployment of the update to stylelint.io.
  6. Check that stylelint.io/demo installs the latest Stylelint and config versions.
  7. Compose a tweet that:
    • announces the release
    • communicates what has changed
    • links to the appropriate heading in the changelog on stylelint.io

New release issue template​

- [ ] stylelint release
- [ ] stylelint-config-recommended update/release
- [ ] stylelint-config-standard update/release
- [ ] stylelint.io update
- [ ] stylelint-demo check
- [ ] tweet