Release process

Tagging a release

1. Sync to the commit you want to use
2. Determine the tag name: beta-YYYYMMDD
3. Add and push a git tag: git tag beta-YYYYMMDD && git push origin beta-YYYYMMDD

Checking the build

Pushing a tag matching the regexp beta-[0-9]+ will trigger a circle-ci build.

Check its status

If built successfully, new binaries will be pushed S3.

• check the S3 bucket: s3://binaries.cockroachdb.com/
• check the linux URL: https://binaries.cockroachdb.com/cockroach-beta-YYYYMMDD.linux-amd64.tgz
• check the OSX URL: https://binaries.cockroachdb.com/cockroach-beta-YYYYMMDD.darwin-10.9-amd64.tgz
• download each binary on its corresponding OS, extract, and verify the build tag listed by cockroach version
• try to pull the docker image: docker pull cockroachdb/cockroach:beta-YYYYMMDD

Update docs and version numbers

Documentation

• edit https://github.com/cockroachdb/docs/blob/gh-pages/_data/strings.yml
• update the version: line with the new tag
• update the build: line with the new tag and build date
• once merged, re-generate docs and push to docs.cockroachlabs.com

Brew recipe

• edit https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/blob/master/build/cockroach.rb
• update the :tag line to the new tag
• update the :revision line to the new sha
• send for review and merge