Liferay Localdev Release Process

Prerequistes

Merge all PRs to next
Make sure all issues and PRs are labeled in github with upcoming milestone to be released
From Github UI open a PR from next to main
Make sure all tests pass
NOTE: Don't merge main from github UI, it doesn't fast-forward correctly, instead do it locally
Exec git checkout next && git pull --ff-only upstream next
Exec git checkout main && git pull --ff-only upstream main
Make sure you are on main branch and execute (test "$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)" = "main" && git merge --ff-only next) || echo "Failed: current branch is not main"
Export RELEASE_TAG var: export RELEASE_TAG=v20230427
Tag main branch with milestone tag: git tag $RELEASE_TAG
Push main branch: git push --tags upstream main
Release from tag gh release create $RELEASE_TAG --generate-notes
Run git show main and git show next and confirm they are exact same SHA
Also if you look at the PR you opened in Github, you will notice its auto-closed (since we fastforwarded main from next locally and pushed)

Happy releasing!