Release & Deploy (GitHub Tags)

Leading words: commits ≠ deploys; branch → channel; tag triggers ship; changelog is truth; interview once; never guess channel.

Core model

• Commits ≠ deploys. Only a git tag + GitHub Release triggers deployment (via GitHub Actions or project-specific release jobs).
• Branch → channel
  • main → production release
  • staging → beta release
• Tags
  • Production: vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH (e.g. v1.4.0)
  • Beta: vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH-beta.N (e.g. v1.4.0-beta.1)
• Release notes come from the project's maintained CHANGELOG.md (do not invent a changelog). See references/versioning.md.

Before every release