Open Source Protocol

A guide for releasing and maintaining open source projects.

Releasing a Ruby Gem

Edit the VERSION constant.
Run bundle install to update Gemfile.lock.
Run the test suite.
Edit NEWS, Changelog, or README files if relevant.
Commit changes like "Bump to 2.1.0".
Run rake release, which tags the release, pushes the tag to GitHub, and pushes the gem to Rubygems.org.