From 795401c4ff3d5bc43405c04f14c6d7c51ca1afd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Utkarsh Umesan Pillai <66651184+utpilla@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:22:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add separate MinVerTagPrefix for Http and AspNetCore
 instrumentation

---
 .../OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.csproj              | 1 +
 .../OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http.csproj                    | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.csproj
index 83b9e4e25bc..c96ded55241 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworksForAspNetCoreInstrumentation)</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>ASP.NET Core instrumentation for OpenTelemetry .NET</Description>
     <PackageTags>$(PackageTags);distributed-tracing;AspNetCore</PackageTags>
+    <MinVerTagPrefix>Instrumentation.AspNetCore-</MinVerTagPrefix>
     <IncludeDiagnosticSourceInstrumentationHelpers>true</IncludeDiagnosticSourceInstrumentationHelpers>
 
     <!-- this is temporary. will remove in future PR. -->
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http.csproj
index 32f80e31c21..55158028cde 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworksForLibraries)</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>Http instrumentation for OpenTelemetry .NET</Description>
     <PackageTags>$(PackageTags);distributed-tracing</PackageTags>
+    <MinVerTagPrefix>Instrumentation.Http-</MinVerTagPrefix>
     <IncludeDiagnosticSourceInstrumentationHelpers>true</IncludeDiagnosticSourceInstrumentationHelpers>
 
     <!-- this is temporary. will remove in future PR. -->

From 7b854c3c1d5438cd55736ef2f3a15b7b8bcd8f4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Utkarsh Umesan Pillai <66651184+utpilla@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:30:58 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update RELEASING doc

---
 build/RELEASING.md | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/build/RELEASING.md b/build/RELEASING.md
index 77b94aaf42e..9d942f92dc7 100644
--- a/build/RELEASING.md
+++ b/build/RELEASING.md
@@ -84,7 +84,16 @@ Only for Maintainers.
     git push origin 1.0.0-rc9.7
     ```
 
-    If releasing both, push both tags above.
+    If releasing only a particular non-core component which has a dedicated
+    MinverTagPrefix such as AspNetCore instrumentation, only add and push the
+    tag with that particular prefix. For example:
+
+    ```sh
+    git tag -a Instrumentation.AspNetCore-1.6.0 -m "1.6.0 of AspNetCore instrumentation library"
+    git push origin Instrumentation.AspNetCore-1.6.0
+    ```
+
+    If releasing multiple kinds of components, push both tags for each of them.
 
  7. Go to the [list of
     tags](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/tags)