How do you reconcile a release ticket list with what actually shipped?
Between declaring a release ready and deploying it, teams often pull a list from a tracker, compare it with the release tag, generate notes, complete a change request,…
release management
How do you reconcile a release ticket list with what actually shipped?
Between deciding that a release is ready and deploying it, teams often pull a work-item list from a tracker, compare it with the tag, write release notes, complete…
How do you track which environment a ticket is deployed to across multiple repositories?
We're a roughly 12-person team running about six services across development, staging, and production. We use short-lived feature branches that are merged into main and deleted afterward. Main…
Should CI and dependency-only changes receive a SemVer patch release?
I'm trying to decide how consistently to apply Semantic Versioning to maintenance changes. I recently upgraded several GitHub Actions, which don't affect the library's runtime behavior, so a…
How should a four-person team build its first DevOps and release process?
I work part-time at a small engineering company that is developing and selling its first SaaS product. My background is in mechanical engineering, and I am still at…
How Can You Track Deployments Across Different Environments?
I'm working with multiple repositories for services across environments like DEV, QA, UAT, and PROD, using ArgoCD for deployments. While GitOps should theoretically be our source of truth,…
How to Version Docker Images When Updating for Security Patches?
Hey all! We've just switched our infrastructure to utilize Kubernetes for production and staging environments. We follow trunk-based development and use semantic versioning for our API releases. Now…
How do you handle version increments now that we've got Branch Protection?
I'm dealing with a legacy Python application and our company recently enabled Branch Protection across all organizations with GitHub. This change has disrupted our old versioning workflow. Previously,…
How to Manage Feature Branches in Git Flow When Not All Features Are Ready for Release?
I'm feeling a bit confused about how to effectively manage git branches within Git Flow. I spoke with a colleague from another team who uses Git Flow, and…
Looking for a Release Workflow Tool with Manual Checkpoints
I'm trying to improve our release workflow visibility and tracking, but finding the right tool has been a challenge. We have a two-stage release process: deploy and promote…