Prepare Code Freeze

Use this skill when the user asks to start, prepare, or automate a NeMo Relay code freeze.

Workflow

This workflow assumes upstream is the NVIDIA repository remote (NVIDIA/NeMo-Relay). The origin remote can be a maintainer's personal fork.

1. Confirm or infer the target release version from upstream/main:Cargo.toml. Derive the release branch as release/<major>.<minor>.
2. Prompt for <next-version> if the user did not provide it. This is the version that main moves to after the release branch is cut.
3. Fetch the latest main and create the release branch from upstream/main: