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A release is simply a point in the lifecycle of a software project where the maintainers believe the software is worth trying and using. Pre-release releases are used for cases where the code is in early preview and may still contain bugs.

Manage Git Releases from Tags on GitHub Set the Target Branch. For new tags, you'll also need to select the target branch for the tag by using the "Target" dropdown menu. Add a Title and Description. ... Attach Files. ... Mark as Pre-Release. ... Publish the Release.

Pre-release Version means any Software version, which is still under development and not fit to be officially released as a fully tested, complete, fully operational and stable product version.

Linking to the latest release You can share a link to the latest release for a repository by adding releases/latest to the end of a repository's URL. For example, the URL for the latest release of octo-org/octo-repo on GitHub.com is .

Creating a release On GitHub.com, navigate to the main page of the repository. To the right of the list of files, click Releases. At the top of the page, click Draft a new release. To choose a tag for the release, select the Choose a tag dropdown menu.

Optionally, to notify users that the release is not ready for production and may be unstable, select This is a pre-release. Optionally, select Set as latest release. If you do not select this option, the latest release label will automatically be assigned based on semantic versioning.

If the release is created from "Draft a new release" button on the /releases page, both events will trigger, as the release goes from state "draft" to "published". If the release is created by scripts like release-it , bypassing "draft" stage and becoming "published" directly, only release:published will trigger.