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MagicMirror/Collaboration.md
Karsten Hassel 4186cbf0b2 [core] auto create release notes with every push on develop (#3985)
and remove CHANGELOG.md logic.

This is my attempt to create a draft release instead of editing a
changelog, see discussion on discord.

Logic:
- new github workflow `.github/workflows/release-notes.yaml`
- runs with every push on `develop` (so after PR's are merged)
- collects the commits on `develop` which are newer than the latest tag
- searches the commit messages for keywords defined in an array and
group the messages into categories (this is a first shot, we will update
this ...)
- creates markdown content
- looks for an untagged and unpublished draft release with name
`unreleased`, if it exists, it will be deleted
- creates an untagged and unpublished draft release with name
`unreleased` with markdown content created above

Example created on my fork (this caused having `MagicMirrorOrg` in the
PR-Links):

<img width="952" height="1804" alt="grafik"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/38687bed-f5da-4dcb-93eb-242c317769df"
/>

Please review this PR, it is a draft release at the moment because I got
problems in my fork where I tested this: The created draft release is
not visible at the moment (they are visible via api). AFAIS this is a
queue problem on GitHub, maybe I flooded their queue while testing ...
So I will test this tomorrow again before removing `draft` here.
2025-12-10 11:56:31 -06:00

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# Collaboration
This document describes how collaborators of this repository should work together.
## Pull Requests
- never merge your own PR's
- never merge without someone having approved (approving and merging from same person is allowed)
- wait for all approvals requested (or the author decides something different in the comments)
- merge to `master` only for releases or other urgent issues (update notification is only triggered by tags)
- merges to master should be tagged with the "mastermerge" label so that the test runs through
## Issues
- "real" Issues are closed if the problem is solved and the fix is released
- unrelated Issues (e.g. related to a foreign module) are closed immediately with a comment to open an issue in the module repository or to discuss this further in the forum or discord
## Releases
Are done by
- [ ] @rejas
- [ ] @sdetweil
- [ ] @khassel
- [ ] @KristjanESPERANTO
### Pre-Deployment steps
- [ ] update dependencies (a few days before)
### Deployment steps
- [ ] pull latest `develop` branch
- [ ] create `prep-release` branch from `develop`
- [ ] update `package.json` and `package-lock.json` to reflect correct version number `2.xx.0`
- [ ] test `prep-release` branch
- [ ] commit and push all changes
- [ ] create pull request from `prep-release` to `develop` branch with title `Prepare Release 2.xx.0`
- [ ] after successful test run via github actions: merge pull request to `develop`
- [ ] review the content of the automatically generated draft release named `unreleased`
- [ ] check contributor names
- [ ] check auto generated min. node version and adjust it for better readability if necessary
- [ ] check if all elements are assigned to the correct category
- [ ] change release name to `v2.xx.0`
- [ ] after successful test run via github actions: create pull request from `develop` to `master` branch
- [ ] add label `mastermerge`
- [ ] title of the PR is `Release 2.xx.0`
- [ ] description of the PR is the body of the draft release with name `v2.xx.0`
- [ ] after PR tests run without issues, merge PR
- [ ] edit draft release with name `v2.xx.0`
- [ ] set corresponding version tag `v2.xx.0` (with `Select tag` and then `Create new tag`)
- [ ] update release link in `Compare to previous Release` by replacing `develop` with new tag `v2.xx.0`
- [ ] publish the release (button at the bottom)
### Draft new development release
- [ ] checkout `develop` branch
- [ ] update `package.json` and `package-lock.json` to reflect correct version number `2.xx.0-develop`
- [ ] commit and push `develop` branch
- [ ] if new release will be in January, update the year in LICENSE.md
### After release
- [ ] publish release notes with link to github release on forum in new locked topic
- [ ] close all issues with label `ready (coming with next release)`
- [ ] release new documentation by merging `develop` on `master` in documentation repository
- [ ] publish new version on [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/magicmirror)
- [ ] use a clean environment (e.g. container)
- [ ] clone this repository with the new `master` branch and `cd` into the local repository directory
- [ ] log in to npm with `npm login --auth-type legacy` which will ask for username and password and one-time-password which is sent via mail
- [ ] execute `npm publish`