cmux-release

cmux Release

Prefer the /release command. It determines the new version (minor by default), gathers the Changelog line from each PR merged since the last stable tag, updates CHANGELOG.md, runs ./scripts/bump-version.sh, commits, runs ./scripts/release-pretag-guard.sh, then tags and pushes.

Changelog source

Feature PRs don't edit CHANGELOG.md. Each PR description has a ## Changelog section with one user-facing line (Added, Changed, Fixed, or Removed, present tense) or none. At release time, /release step 2 fetches every PR merged since the last v* tag in one GraphQL query and classifies it with references/changelog-lines.jq:

• a Changelog line becomes an entry, with the PR link and -- thanks @user! for authors and reporters outside the core team (lawrencecchen, austinywang, teamleaderleo) and bots;
• none is skipped, and so is a PR undone by a revert later in the range (a reapply leaves it live);
• a revert of a PR that shipped in an earlier release gets its own line and is flagged for the human; reverts within the range are skipped;
• a PR with no section, or a line without an Added/Changed/Fixed/Removed prefix, is listed for the human to check.

The release then folds any leftover ## Unreleased entries into the new version section and removes that heading.

The docs changelog page at web/app/[locale]/(landing)/docs/changelog/page.tsx renders from CHANGELOG.md, so there is no separate docs changelog source to update.

Version bumping

./scripts/bump-version.sh          # minor (0.15.0 -> 0.16.0)
./scripts/bump-version.sh patch    # 0.15.0 -> 0.15.1
./scripts/bump-version.sh major    # 0.15.0 -> 1.0.0
./scripts/bump-version.sh 1.0.0    # explicit version

This updates MARKETING_VERSION and CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION. The build number auto-increments and must increase for Sparkle auto-update to work. Bump the minor version unless explicitly asked otherwise.

Tagging

./scripts/release-pretag-guard.sh
git tag vX.Y.Z
git push origin vX.Y.Z
# Use the run ID created by the tag push; the shared waiter observes it without polling GitHub.
glaeda-gh wait run manaflow-ai/cmux/<run-id>

If the pretag guard fails, run ./scripts/bump-version.sh, commit the build-number bump, then retry.

Release artifacts and secrets

• The release assets are the universal cmux-macos.dmg and the thin cmux-macos-arm64.dmg and cmux-macos-x86_64.dmg, each with its own appcast. The README download button and the Homebrew cask point to the universal releases/latest/download/cmux-macos.dmg.
• Installs read appcast.xml, which scripts/ci/compose_stable_appcast.py builds from all three items so each install moves onto its own architecture in one update. Thin installs then read appcast-arm64.xml or appcast-x86_64.xml from the latest release, so every stable release must publish both, and only the highest version may be marked latest. The local scripts/build-sign-upload.sh builds only the universal DMG and publishes it under both per-arch feeds.
• Signing requires the GitHub secrets APPLE_CERTIFICATE_BASE64, APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD and APPLE_SIGNING_IDENTITY. CI notarization authenticates with the team App Store Connect API key (ASC_API_KEY_ID, ASC_API_ISSUER_ID, ASC_API_KEY_P8_BASE64) through scripts/ci/lib/notary-auth.sh, which decodes the key to a mode-600 temp file that the caller deletes. The local scripts/build-sign-upload.sh still uses an Apple ID and app-specific password.

Detailed reference

• references/release-checklist.md: changelog tone, failure triage, and asset-rename fallout.