Adding more release steps (#679)

* Adding more release steps

* Update docs/contributing/README.md

Co-authored-by: Marc Vilanova <[email protected]>

* Update docs/contributing/README.md

Co-authored-by: Marc Vilanova <[email protected]>

Co-authored-by: Marc Vilanova <[email protected]>

.gitignore

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ ipython_config.py
 
 # Environments
 .env
+!data/.env
 .venv
 env/
 venv/

data/.env

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# General
+LOG_LEVEL=ERROR
+STATIC_DIR=""
+DATABASE_HOSTNAME=localhost
+DATABASE_CREDENTIALS=dispatch:dispatch

docs/contributing/README.md

@@ -14,11 +14,47 @@ Dispatch documentation is managed via Gitbook.
 
 Creating a release of Dispatch requires the following steps.
 
+### Updating sample data
+
+If the database schema changes we will need to update the sample data accordingly.
+
+- Run the Bash script `update-example-data.sh` in the `data` directory.
+- Create a commit with any changes
+- Create a pull request with the change
+- Merge change
+
 ### Bumping the version number
 
-* Update the version number in `dispatch/__about__.py`
-* Create a new entry in the change log
-* Create a commit with the change log changes
-* Create a pull request with the change
-* Merge change
+- Update the version number in `dispatch/__about__.py`
+- Create a new entry in the change log
+- Create a commit with the change log changes
+- Create a pull request with the change
+- Merge change
+
+### Change log
+
+- Create a new change log with all major changes since the last release
+- Update github releases: https://github.com/Netflix/dispatch/releases
+- Publish the release
+
+### Update 'latest' tag
+
+We rely on the latest tag to identify the most current stable version. Follow the steps below to update this tag:
+
+Delete the pervious tag:
+
+```
+git tag -d latest
+```
+
+Create a new tag:
+
+```
+git tag -a latest <commit>
+```
+
+Push the tag:
 
+```
+git push origin latest
+```