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1. Create a new release candidate branch from develop with branch name as the version to release (v1.0-rc)

2. Update the docs in the release candidate branch:

   1. ensure you have the R pkgdown package installed (on a Mac you may need to brew install harfbuzz, fribidi, and pandoc if you haven't already)

   2. Update the changelog contained in NEWS.md

   3. Update the version in the DESCRIPTION file, as the version is reflected in the generated documentation.

   4. from the repo directory run the following command:

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      R -e "pkgdown::build_site()"

   5. Review the changes by inspecting docs/index.html file.

   6. Commit the changes to the docs directory and push to the release candicate branch

3. Create a new staging release

   1. Go to the releases of the appropriate repo https://github.com/Sage-Bionetworks/synapser/releases

   2. Click the "Draft a new release" button and fill the following values:
      
      Tag version: X.Y-rc where X.Y where X.Y is the release version (e.g. 0.11-rc)
      Target: the previously created vX.Y-rc branch
      Release title: Same as tag version (X.Y-rc)
      
      Important: Check the "This is a pre-release" checkbox. This will cause the release to be deployed to a staging ran.
      

   3. Use the GitHub release “Generate release notes” feature to create release notes. Copy related content from the NEWS.md to the top of the release notes.

   4. Hit the publish button, this will trigger a GitHub Action that will test and deploy the staging release to http://staging-ran.synapse.org/

4. Notify validators about the available version. The validation version will be in format <version-to-build>.<build-number> (For example: 1.0.87, for build number 87).

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