Use the /release prompt in Copilot Chat — it will:
- Validate the version number
- Identify commits since the last release and look up PR numbers
- Update
CHANGELOG.mdwith a new entry - Bump the version in
package.json
Review the changes, then commit using the /commit prompt.
# Make sure your main branch is up to date and all tests pass
git checkout main
git pull origin
bun install
bun run all
# Pick a version, see https://semver.org/ - for example: 'A.B.C' or 'A.B.C-pre.D'
# Update version number in `package.json`
# Update CHANGELOG.md
export VERSION=vA.B.C-pre.D
git add . && git commit -m "$VERSION"
git tag "$VERSION"
git push origin main "$VERSION"
npm login # if needed, session tokens last 2 hours
bun publishSet as latest release on GitHub:
- Open https://github.com/bhousel/node-diff3/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md and copy the URL to the new release
- Open https://github.com/bhousel/node-diff3/tags and pick the new tag you just pushed
- There should be a link like "create a release from the tag", click that, and paste in the link to the changelog.