Merge pull request #268 from dvonthenen/example-tag-release

Example Tagging Release

Author: davidvonthenen

.github/BRANCH_AND_RELEASE_PROCESS.md

@@ -86,3 +86,55 @@ In the event of a breaking interface change, a `release-v[0-9]+` branch is creat
 In scenarios where urgent issues arise, the `hotfix` branch comes into play. A hotfix branch is created off main or the relevant release branch to address critical issues that need immediate attention. After the hotfix is implemented and thoroughly tested, it is merged back into both the `main` and the `release-v[0-9]+` branches to ensure the fix is included in the current and future versions of the project.
 
 This dual approach of leveraging both **GitHub Flow** and **Git Flow** ensures that the project can iterate quickly while maintaining high standards of code stability and release management.
+### Creating a Release
+
+Since the latest stable code is contained on `main` in a typical **GitHub Flow**, to create a release someone with write access to the repository needs to simply just `git tag` the release and then create a (draft) release using that tag in the [repository's release page](https://github.com/deepgram/deepgram-go-sdk/releases).
+
+If you haven't done this before, these are the typicial commands to execute at the root of the repository assuming you are on your fork:
+
+```bash
+# get the latest everything and update your fork
+git checkout main
+git pull --rebase upstream main
+git push
+git fetch upstream --tags
+git push origin --tags
+
+# create a new tag following semver
+git tag -m <version> <version>
+git push upstream  <version>
+```
+
+If the release you want to create is `v3.9.0`, then this would look like:
+
+```bash
+# get the latest everything and update your fork
+git checkout main
+git pull --rebase upstream main
+git push
+git fetch upstream --tags
+git push origin --tags
+
+# create a new tag following semver
+git tag -m v3.9.0 v3.9.0
+git push upstream v3.9.0
+```
+
+#### Creating a Release from a Release Branch
+
+While we don't have a formal requirement for supporting past releases (ie currently on `v3` but need a patch on `v2`), there are times when you need to provide a patch release for things like security fixes. To create that patch releases, you do something similar as you would have done on main, but on the `release-v[0-9]+/*` branch.
+
+If this were the `release-v2` branch for version `v2.5.1` (note the `v2` matches the `release-v2`), this would look like (again, assuming you are on your fork):
+
+```bash
+# get the latest everything and update your fork
+git checkout release-v2
+git pull --rebase upstream release-v2
+git push origin release-v2
+git fetch upstream --tags
+git push origin --tags
+
+# create a new tag following semver
+git tag -m v2.5.1 v2.5.1
+git push upstream v2.5.1
+```