Release Management
11 items tagged with "release-management"
Best Practices11
Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
Consistent MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH versioning rules for APIs and packages.
Feature Flag Best Practices
Operational guidelines for creating, managing, and retiring feature toggles safely.
Continuous Delivery
A discipline where software is built so it can be released to production safely at any time, with every change proven release-ready by an automated pipeline.
Deployment Pipeline Pattern
An automated, staged path that takes every code change from commit through build, tests, and successive environments, providing a single auditable route to production.
GitHub Flow
A lightweight, branch-based workflow built around short-lived feature branches, pull requests, and continuous deployment from a single always-deployable main branch.
GitFlow Branching Model
A structured Git branching model using long-lived main and develop branches plus dedicated feature, release, and hotfix branches to coordinate scheduled releases.
Artifact Repository Management
The practice of storing, versioning, and governing build artifacts and dependencies in a dedicated repository so the same trusted binary is promoted from build to production.
Deployment Rings
A progressive rollout strategy that releases changes to expanding audience groups, or rings, validating each ring before exposing the next to limit blast radius.
Release Train Model
A delivery cadence where releases ship on a fixed schedule and any change not ready in time simply catches the next train, decoupling release timing from feature completion.
Definition of Done
A shared, explicit checklist of conditions a work item must meet to be considered complete, ensuring consistent quality across a team.
Keep a Changelog
Keep a Changelog is a convention for writing human-readable, chronologically ordered changelogs grouped by change type, so users and maintainers can see what changed in each release.