From c36399ad430562bb0ce429a3176af3808890d411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Meyer <49727155+katexochen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 10:13:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] dev-docs: document minor release

Signed-off-by: Paul Meyer <49727155+katexochen@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 dev-docs/release.md | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dev-docs/release.md b/dev-docs/release.md
index ddfc01c93d..0bb3ea7529 100644
--- a/dev-docs/release.md
+++ b/dev-docs/release.md
@@ -2,6 +2,32 @@
 
 # Minor
 
+1. Ensure all needed PRs were were merged.
+
+2. Export the release you want to make:
+
+    ```sh
+    export REL_VER=v0.1.0
+    export CUR_VER="$(echo $REL_VER | awk -F. -v OFS=. '{$NF -= 1 ; print}')"
+    echo "Releasing $CUR_VER -> $REL_VER"
+    ```
+3. Create a new temporary branch for the relese:
+
+    ```sh
+    git switch -c "tmp/$REL_VER"
+    git push
+    ```
+
+4. Trigger the release workflow
+
+    ```sh
+    gh workflow run release.yml --ref $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) -f kind=minor -f version="$REL_VER"
+    ```
+5. Review the release notes, test the binary artifact.
+
+6. Publish the GitHub release.
+
+7. Check that the release publish action succeeds.
 
 # Patch
 
@@ -12,7 +38,6 @@
     ```sh
     export REL_VER=v0.1.1
     export CUR_VER="$(echo $REL_VER | awk -F. -v OFS=. '{$NF -= 1 ; print}')"
-
     echo "Releasing $CUR_VER -> $REL_VER"
     ```
 3. Checkout the current release branch:
@@ -36,3 +61,5 @@
 6. Review the release notes, test the binary artifact.
 
 7. Publish the GitHub release.
+
+8. Check that the release publish action succeeds.