- [ ] Fork this gist and follow the instructions there.

## Pre-flight

**During this process $BRANCH_NAME branch should be frozen and no commits should
land until the release is finished.**

- [ ] Ensure forks and local clones of:
  - [`denoland/deno`](https://github.com/denoland/deno/),
  - [`denoland/dotcom`](https://github.com/denoland/dotcom/),
  - [`denoland/deno_docker`](https://github.com/denoland/deno_docker/),
  - [`denoland/deno-docs`](https://github.com/denoland/deno-docs)
- [ ] Check https://deno.land/benchmarks?-100 and ensure there's no recent
      regressions.
- [ ] Write a message in company's `#cli` channel:

```
:lock: 

@here

Deno v$VERSION is now getting released.

`denoland/deno` is now locked.

*DO NOT LAND ANY PRs*

Release checklist: <LINK TO THIS FORKED GIST GOES HERE>
```

## Patch release preparation

**If you are cutting a patch release**: First you need to sync commits to the
`v$MINOR_VERSION` branch in the `deno` repo.

To do that, you need to cherry-pick commits from the main branch to the
`v$MINOR_VERSION` branch. If the branch doesn't exist yet, create one from the
latest minor tag:

```
# checkout latest minor release
$ git checkout v$PAST_VERSION

# create a branch
$ git checkout v$MINOR_VERSION

# push the branch to the `denoland/deno` repository
$ git push upstream v$MINOR_VERSION
```

For patch releases we want to cherry-pick all commits that do not add features
to the CLI. This generally means to filter out `feat` commits.

Check what was the last commit on `v$MINOR_VERSION` branch before the previous
release and start cherry-picking newer commits from the `main`.

<!--
      TODO: we should add sample deno program that does that for you,
      and then provides a complete `git` command to run.
-->

Once all relevant commits are cherry-picked, push the branch to the upstream and
verify on GitHub that everything looks correct.

- ⛔ DO NOT create a `v$VERSION`-like branch! You are meant to cherry pick to
  the `v$MINOR_VERSION` branch. If you have accidentally created then
  `v$VERSION` branch then delete it as tagging the CLI will fail otherwise.

## Updating `deno`

### Phase 1: Bumping versions

- [ ] Go to the "version_bump" workflow in the CLI repo's actions:
      https://github.com/denoland/deno/actions/workflows/version_bump.yml
  1. Click on the "Run workflow" button.
  1. In the drop down, select the minor branch (`v$MINOR_VERSION`) if doing a
     patch release or the main branch if doing a minor release.
  1. For the kind of release, select either "patch", "minor", or "major".
  1. Run the workflow.

- [ ] Wait for the workflow to complete and for a pull request to be
      automatically opened. Review the pull request, make any necessary changes,
      and merge it.
  - ⛔ DO NOT create a release tag manually That will automatically happen.

  <details>
     <summary>Failure Steps</summary>

  1. Checkout the branch the release is being made on.
  2. Manually run `./tools/release/01_bump_crate_versions.ts`
     1. Ensure the crate versions were bumped correctly
     2. Ensure `Releases.md` was updated correctly
  3. Open a PR with the changes and continue with the steps below.
  </details>

### Phase 2: Publish

- [ ] Go to the "cargo_publish" workflow in the CLI repo's actions:
      https://github.com/denoland/deno/actions/workflows/cargo_publish.yml
  1. Run it on the same branch that you used before and wait for it to complete.

  <details>
     <summary>Failure Steps</summary>

  1. The workflow was designed to be restartable. Try restarting it.
  2. If that doesn't work, then do the following:
     1. Checkout the `v$MINOR_VERSION` branch.
     2. If `cargo publish` hasn't completed then run
        `./tools/release/03_publish_crates.ts`
        - Note that you will need access to crates.io so it might fail.
     3. If `cargo publish` succeeded and a release tag wasn't created, then
        manually create and push the `v$VERSION` tag on the `v$MINOR_VERSION`
        branch.
  </details>

- [ ] This CI run create a tag which triggers a second CI run that publishes the
      GitHub draft release.

  The CI pipeline will create a release draft on GitHub
  (https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases).

- ⛔ Verify that:
  - [ ] There are 14 assets on the release draft.
  - [ ] There are 10 zip files for this version on
        [dl.deno.land](https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/dl.deno.land/release/v$VERSION).

- [ ] Publish the release on Github

- [ ] Run
      https://github.com/denoland/dotcom/actions/workflows/update_version.yml to
      automatically open a PR.
  - [ ] Merge the PR.

- [ ] Run
      https://github.com/denoland/deno-docs/actions/workflows/update_versions.yml
      to automatically open a PR.
  - [ ] Merge the PR.

- [ ] For minor releases: make sure https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data
      has been updated to reflect Web API changes in this release. Usually done
      ahead of time by @lucacasonato.

- [ ] **If you are cutting a patch release**: a PR should have been
      automatically opened that forwards the release commit back to main. If so,
      merge it. If not and it failed, please manually create one.

## Updating `deno_docker`

- [ ] Run the version bump workflow:
      https://github.com/denoland/deno_docker/actions/workflows/version_bump.yml
- [ ] This will open a PR. Review and merge it.
- [ ] Create a `$VERSION` tag (_without_ `v` prefix).

## All done!

- [ ] Write a message in company's #cli channel:

```
:unlock:

@here 

`denoland/deno` is now unlocked.

*You can land PRs now*

Deno v$VERSION has been released.
```