Prepare Release

Objective

Create a coherent local release candidate whose version, changelog, notes, generated metadata, and exact release range agree with trusted project policy.

Use When

• Determining the next version from project policy and an exact range.
• Updating local version sources and derived copies.
• Drafting changelog or release notes.
• Checking release consistency before tag creation.

Route Elsewhere

• Route tag creation/push to create-release-tag.
• Hosted release publication, artifact upload, signing service publication, and deployment are outside this package.
• Route ordinary branch review to review-branch.
• Route history cleanup to rewrite-history.