jquery/build/release

Releasing jQuery

This document describes the process for releasing a new version of jQuery. It is intended for jQuery team members and collaborators who have been granted permission to release new versions.

Prerequisites

Before you can release a new version of jQuery, you need to have the following tools installed:

• Node.js (latest LTS version)
• npm (comes with Node.js)
• git

Setup

1. Clone the jQuery repo:

   git clone git@github.com:jquery/jquery.git
   cd jquery
   

2. Install the dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Log into npm with a user that has access to the jquery package.

   npm login
   

The release script will not run if not logged in.

1. Set JQUERY_GITHUB_TOKEN in the shell environment that will be used to run npm run release. The token can be created on GitHub and only needs the repo scope. This token is used to publish GitHub release notes and generate a list of contributors for the blog post.

   export JQUERY_GITHUB_TOKEN=...
   

The release script will not run without this token.

Release Process

1. Ensure all milestoned issues/PRs are closed, or reassign to a new milestone.

2. Verify all tests are passing in CI.

3. Run any release-only tests, such as those in the test/integration folder.

4. Ensure AUTHORS.txt file is up to date (this will be verified by the release script).

   • Use npm run authors:update to update.

5. Create draft blog post on blog.jquery.com; save the link before publishing. The link is required to run the release.

   • Highlight major changes and reason for release.
   • Add HTML from the changelog.html generated in the below release script.
   • Use HTML from the contributors.html generated in the below release script in the "Thanks" section.

6. Run a dry run of the release script:

   BLOG_URL=https://blog.jquery.com/... npm run release -- -d
   

7. If the dry run is successful, run the release script:

   BLOG_URL=https://blog.jquery.com/... npm run release
   

   This will run the pre-release script, which includes checking authors, running tests, running the build, and cloning the CDN and jquery-dist repos in the tmp/ folder.

   It will then walk you through the rest of the release process: creating the tag, publishing to npm, publishing release notes on GitHub, and pushing the updated branch and new tag to the jQuery repo.

   Finally, it will run the post-release script, which will ask you to confirm the files prepared in tmp/release/cdn and tmp/release/dist are correct before pushing to the respective repos. It will also prepare a commit for the jQuery repo to remove the release files and update the AUTHORS.txt URL in the package.json. It will ask for confirmation before pushing that commit as well.

   For a pre-release, run:

   BLOG_URL=https://blog.jquery.com/... npm run release -- --preRelease=beta
   

   preRelease can also be set to alpha or rc.

   Note: preReleaseBase is set in the npm script to 1 to ensure any pre-releases start at .1 instead of .0. This does not interfere with stable releases.

8. Once the release is complete, publish the blog post.

Stable releases

Stable releases have a few more steps:

1. Close the milestone matching the current release: https://github.com/jquery/jquery/milestones. Ensure there is a new milestone for the next release.

2. Update jQuery on https://github.com/jquery/jquery-wp-content.

3. Update jQuery on https://github.com/jquery/blog.jquery.com-theme.

4. Update latest jQuery version for healthyweb.org.

5. Update the shipping version on jquery.com home page.

   git pull jquery/jquery.com
   # Edit index.html and download.md
   git commit
   npm version patch
   git push origin main --tags
   

6. Update the version used in jQuery docs demos.

7. Email archives to CDNs.

CDN	Emails	Include
Google	hosted-libraries@google	tmp/archives/googlecdn-jquery-*.zip
Microsoft	damian.edwards@microsoft, Chris.Sfanos@microsoft	tmp/archives/mscdn-jquery-*.zip
CDNJS	ryan@ryankirkman, thomasalwyndavis@gmail	Blog post link