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+# Release Checklist
+
+* [ ] Update `CHANGELOG.md`
+* [ ] Bump version numbers
+* [ ] `git commit -m 'Release 0.x.0 - summary'`
+* [ ] `cargo publish`
+* [ ] `git tag -a 0.x.0 -m 'Release 0.x.0 - summary'`
+* [ ] `git pull --tags && git tag -d latest && git tag -a latest -m 'Latest release' && git push --tags origin latest --force`
+* [ ] `git push && git push --tags`
+* [ ] Do a GitHub release: https://github.com/emilk/ehttp/releases/new
+* [ ] Wait for documentation to build: https://docs.rs/releases/queue
+* [ ] Post on Twitter