release

name: release description: Prepare and publish a YiTong release. Use when deciding the next version, collecting commits since the previous tag, maintaining CHANGELOG.md, running final verification, creating/pushing a git tag, and creating a GitHub release with gh CLI.

YiTong Release

Use this skill when the user wants to cut a release or asks what should happen before tagging YiTong.

Principles

Use gh for GitHub release operations.
Prefer a deterministic, reviewable flow over interactive prompts.
Treat CHANGELOG.md as the canonical user-facing release notes.
For SwiftPM, the package version is the git tag. Do not add a version field to Package.swift.
Do not publish from a dirty worktree unless the user explicitly wants the release commit to include the current changes.

Versioning rules

YiTong currently ships as a Swift Package and has no in-manifest version field. Release identity comes from the git tag.

Choose the next version from the commit range since the previous tag:

No previous tag: start at 0.1.0.
Before 1.0.0:
- patch: fixes, docs, tests, internal refactors, packaging-only changes.
- minor: new public capability, public API surface changes, platform/support changes, or any intentional behavior break.
- major: only when intentionally declaring stable 1.0.0+ semantics.
At or after 1.0.0, follow SemVer normally:
- major: breaking public change.
- minor: backward-compatible feature.
- patch: backward-compatible fix.

Use scripts/next-version.sh to compute the next tag after deciding the bump class.

Standard flow

1. Collect release context

Run:

.agents/skills/release/scripts/release-context.sh

This shows:

latest local tag
commit range
ordered commit subjects
changed files
touched high-level areas
likely public API touch points

If the repository has remotes, refresh tags first:

git fetch --tags origin

Use gh release list --limit 20 to confirm what GitHub already published.

2. Decide the version

Judge the bump from actual user-visible impact, not just commit wording. Commit messages in this repository are not guaranteed to encode SemVer intent.

Typical heuristics for YiTong:

Sources/YiTong/, platform requirements, or rendering behavior visible to integrators changed: usually at least minor while still < 1.0.0.
Only docs/tests/examples/internal/web asset sync changed without public behavior change: usually patch.
Removing or renaming public API, changing default behavior, or changing supported platform baseline: breaking.

Then compute the candidate version:

.agents/skills/release/scripts/next-version.sh <patch|minor|major>

3. Maintain `CHANGELOG.md`

If CHANGELOG.md does not exist, create it in a Keep a Changelog style:

# Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

## [Unreleased]

## [0.1.0] - 2026-03-15
### Added
- Initial public release.

Rules:

Keep ## [Unreleased] at the top.
Insert the new version section directly below Unreleased.
Write concise user-facing bullets, grouped under headings such as Added, Changed, Fixed, Removed.
Skip noise like test-only chores unless they affect users or release confidence.
For the first release, summarize the product surface, supported platforms, and notable integration model.

The release page should reuse this section verbatim. Extract it with:

.agents/skills/release/scripts/changelog-section.sh 0.1.0

4. Apply release-prep edits

Common release-prep edits:

update README.md installation snippets to the actual released version
add or update CHANGELOG.md
regenerate bundled web assets if renderer source changed

For YiTong specifically:

If WebRenderer/src/ changed, run make update-web-assets and commit both source and generated assets together.
Do not hand-edit Sources/YiTongWebAssets/Resources/.

5. Verify before tagging

Minimum verification:

make verify

Additional verification when relevant:

Web renderer logic changed: cd WebRenderer && npm test
UI or interaction changed: make run-example for manual validation
If release-prep edits changed files, ensure the final worktree is clean after committing them

Do not claim tests were run unless you actually ran them.

6. Commit release-prep changes

If CHANGELOG.md, README.md, or generated assets changed, create a focused commit before tagging. Use an imperative subject, for example:

git add CHANGELOG.md README.md Sources/YiTongWebAssets/Resources WebRenderer/src
git commit -m "Prepare 0.1.0 release"

7. Tag and push

Prefer an annotated tag:

git tag -a 0.1.0 -m "Release 0.1.0"
git push origin master
git push origin 0.1.0

If the release is from a non-default branch, replace master explicitly and state why.

8. Create the GitHub release

Prefer gh release create with --verify-tag so the command fails if the remote tag is missing. Use CHANGELOG.md as the release notes source. For non-initial releases, add --fail-on-no-commits. Publish immediately by default. Only add --draft when the user explicitly asks for a draft release.

Default published release:

.agents/skills/release/scripts/changelog-section.sh 0.1.0 | \
  gh release create 0.1.0 \
    --verify-tag \
    --title "0.1.0" \
    --notes-file -

Draft release when explicitly requested:

.agents/skills/release/scripts/changelog-section.sh 0.1.0 | \
  gh release create 0.1.0 \
    --verify-tag \
    --draft \
    --title "0.1.0" \
    --notes-file -

To publish an existing draft later:

gh release edit 0.1.0 --draft=false

Then confirm the remote release state:

gh release view 0.1.0 --json url,isDraft,isPrerelease,tagName,publishedAt

9. Final report

Report:

chosen version and why
commit range used for notes
verification commands run and result
release commit SHA
tag name
GitHub release URL
any manual follow-up still pending

Release checklist

Use this exact mental checklist:

Worktree understood and intentionally clean or intentionally staged.
Previous tag and commit range confirmed.
Next version justified from public impact.
CHANGELOG.md updated.
Release-prep changes committed.
Required verification completed.
Annotated tag created and pushed.
GitHub release created from the pushed tag.
Remote release state verified.
Final summary returned with URLs and verification status.