# Releasing Slack-Ruby-Bot-Server

There're no hard rules about when to release slack-ruby-bot-server. Release bug fixes frequenty, features not so frequently and breaking API changes rarely.

### Release

Run tests, check that all tests succeed locally.

```
bundle install
rake
```

Check that the last build succeeded in [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/slack-ruby/slack-ruby-bot-server) for all supported platforms.

Increment the version, modify [lib/slack-ruby-bot-server/version.rb](lib/slack-ruby-bot-server/version.rb).

*  Increment the third number if the release has bug fixes and/or very minor features, only (eg. change `0.2.1` to `0.2.2`).
*  Increment the second number if the release contains major features or breaking API changes (eg. change `0.2.1` to `0.3.0`).

Change "Next Release" in [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) to the new version.

```
### 0.2.2 (7/10/2015)
```

Remove the line with "Your contribution here.", since there will be no more contributions to this release.

Remove the "Stable Release" section in README that warns users that they are reading the documentation for an unreleased version.

Commit your changes.

```
git add README.md CHANGELOG.md lib/slack-ruby-bot-server/version.rb
git commit -m "Preparing for release, 0.2.2."
git push origin master
```

Release.

```
$ rake release

slack-ruby-bot-server 0.2.2 built to pkg/slack-ruby-bot-server-0.2.2.gem.
Tagged v0.2.2.
Pushed git commits and tags.
Pushed slack-ruby-bot-server 0.2.2 to rubygems.org.
```

### Prepare for the Next Version

Add the next release to [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).

```
Next Release
============

* Your contribution here.
```

Increment the third version number in [lib/slack-ruby-bot-server/version.rb](lib/slack-ruby-bot-server/version.rb).

Comit your changes.

```
git add CHANGELOG.md lib/slack-ruby-bot-server/version.rb
git commit -m "Preparing for next development iteration, 0.2.3."
git push origin master
```