git flow release a new version

gitflow how to release a new version

steps can be found here. In particular,

• create a release branch

  $ git checkout -b release-2.1 develop  

• work on the release branch such as bumping up the version

• merge to master and develop branch

• create a tag

  $ git checkout master  $ git merge --no-ff release-2.1  $ git tag -a v2.1   

• push the tag, see here

  $ git push origin v2.1