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Add documentation for releasing a new version

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale

Research direction

Start by gathering the release procedure from the maintainer, since the issue says it is currently undocumented and held in their head. Document the complete process in the repository; done means a newcomer can follow the written steps to release a new version.

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Description

Right now, it all lives in my head. That's the wrong place for it to live.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
51
Forks
14
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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