Release & Deployment

[jstayton]

• Release means
  • bumping the version,
  • building the latest code (if necessary), and
  • committing, tagging, and pushing to GitHub.
• Deployment means pushing a specific version or branch to another server.
• They usually happen in succession, but can be run independent of one another for specific workflows.
• Continuous integration should handle continuous deployment of green builds. dev should be pushed to staging, and master should be pushed to production.
• A release should be done from the dev branch with a clean working directory.
• Once a release is confirmed in staging, dev should be merged into master (manually).
• Semantic Versioning should be followed for libraries. Apps can follow Semantic Versioning or use a UTC timestamp (i.e., 20150914175950, like Capistrano uses), whichever makes more sense.