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A core developer should use the following steps to create a release <tt>YYYY-MM-DD</tt> of CTK

<ol>

  <li>Make sure that all CI tests are passing</li>

  <li>
    <p>Download the source</p>
    <pre>cd /tmp && \
git clone git@github.com:commontk/CTK && \
cd CTK
</pre>
  </li>

  <li>
    <p>List all tags sorted by version</p>
    <pre>$ git fetch --tags && \
git tag -l | sort -V
</pre>
  </li>

  <li>
    <p>Choose the next release version number</p>
    <pre>$ release=YYYY-MM-DD</pre>
  </li>
  
  <li>
    <p>Tag the release</p>
    <pre>git tag --sign -m "CTK ${release}" ${release} master</pre>
    <p><small>We recommend using a [https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-gpg-key/ GPG signing key] to sign the tag.</small></p>
  </li>

  <li>
    <p>Publish the release tag</p>
    <pre>git push origin ${release}</pre>
  </li>
</ol>