tCC Release 1.18

[elsylambert]

**Feature: New rows does not fill up the support reference field automatically.

Prepare Staging

• PR to remove RC from the version number
  • start in new branch (e.g., zpp-remove-rc-1.6);
  • edit package.json for version (e.g., v1.18); commit; publish
  • git tag (e.g., v1.18); git push --tags
  • create PR from remove... branch --> develop; connect this PR to the "RELEASE" issue
  • merge this PR (even if you merge it yourself, please use PR and do not commit directly to the develop branch)
• Release Branch:
  • pull latest develop changes
  • create new branch: release branch for version*.* from develop
  • publish release branch to github
• Create staging Netlify link (PROD Data)
  • create new PR from v*1.18* --> STAGE; connect to the release issue
  • walk through happy path on deploy preview
  • merge
  • Monitor build: wait 20 minutes? https://stage--tc-create-app.netlify.app/
    Verify version & build number are updated.
    (If the DEPLOY PREVIEW encountered NO errors, then STAGE should build fine.)

QA Release and Staged

• Ping QA that release branch for version 1.18 is ready for testing
• Release notes are drafted
• QA approves release notes
• QA gives go-ahead to release to production

Release and Publish

• PR from release branch for version . to Master
  • create new PR from STAGE --> master; connect to the release issue
  • walk through happy path on deploy preview
  • merge
  • Monitor build: wait 20 minutes?
    • https://app.netlify.com/sites/tc-create-app/deploys/
    • https://create.translationcore.com/
    • Verify version & build number are updated.
      (If the DEPLOY PREVIEW encountered NO errors, then PROD should build fine.)
• Ping QA that production release is released
• Final Go ahead from QA to notify the users of the new release
• tag release on Github v*.*
• publish release note
• Announce on forum.door43.org https://forum.door43.org/t/tc-create-1-x-release-notes/661

[elsylambert]

translationCore Create - v1.18 build 279-10ca3b7 is good to go to Production.

[elsylambert]

Release notes here: https://github.com/unfoldingWord/tc-create-app/releases/tag/untagged-928613796407edd09bb0