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  1. Create a new branch of the following form: git checkout -b prepare-release-3.2.1 where 3 is the major release, 2 is the minor release, and 1 is the patch release (please see Semantic Versioning for reference).

  2. Within this branch, please update the following:

  3. Version number (this is often found within lib/[GEM_NAME]/version.rb)

  4. The CHANGELOG.md

  5. Any additional documentation and areas of code

  6. Commit these changes (using git commit) and push these to the GitHub repository using git push origin prepare-release-3.2.1

  7. Create a Pull Request and request a review from @samvera/maintenance

  8. A member of the Component Maintenance Interest Group should approved of and merge the pull request

  9. One this has been completed, there are now two tasks left (both can be delegated to members of @samvera/maintenance):

  10. The new Gem release can be published to RubyGems 1. Invoke bundle exec rake release 1. This requires that one have an account with the necessary privileges on RubyGems

  11. As this creates a new git tag with the version as the tag name, this can be used to draft and publish a release on GitHub

  12. Please notify any member of the Component Maintenance Interest Group, and we can assist by announcing the new release to the #devs Samvera Slack Channel and the samvera-tech Google Group.