**Prerequisites**

* Devkit [https://github.com/opf/openproject-devkit](https://github.com/opf/openproject-devkit)


**Steps**

For example, you're trying to release OpenProject 13.0.  You will need to create a release branch `release/13.0` from current `dev` branch. Assuming that dev branch is at 13.0.0 version, the following command.

`./bin/opdev create-release-branch`

will create release/13.0 branches in the repositories [opf/openproject](https://github.com/opf/openproject), [opf/openproject-deutsche\_bahn](https://github.com/opf/openproject-deutsche_bahn), [opf/openproject-open\_desk](https://github.com/opf/openproject-open_desk), and [opf/saas-openproject](https://github.com/opf/saas-openproject).

Remember to use `--push` to actually push the release branch once you're ready.

You might be likely to create the release branch days before the actual release. Ensure that the release branch exists before continuing with the release, since it is the source of the release that gets built.

**Checklist**

* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Bump `dev` branch afterwards to the next minor/major release in file `lib/open_project/version.rb` (to prevent invalid translations on crowdin)
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Inform devs and writers that all documentation and bugs now need to be made against the new release branch in Element #general room
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Update static-website **stage** action to point to new release branch following instructions in [https://github.com/opf/openproject-website/blob/release/documentation/DOCS.md](https://github.com/opf/openproject-website/blob/release/documentation/DOCS.md)
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Update the flavours repository workflow to deploy stage using the new branch
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion [https://github.com/opf/openproject-flavours/blob/dev/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L27](https://github.com/opf/openproject-flavours/blob/dev/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L27)
* [ ] For a major release: [https://github.com/opf/openproject-flavours/blob/dev/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L33](https://github.com/opf/openproject-flavours/blob/dev/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L33)
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Update the [monitoring page badges](https://github.com/opf/monitoring) to point to the new branch by updating https://github.com/opf/monitoring/blob/main/README.md
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Alter the release branch used to deploy to the stage environment: [https://ci.openproject.com/view/CONVOX-2-STAGE/job/convox-stage-deploy-shards/](https://ci.openproject.com/view/CONVOX-2-STAGE/job/convox-stage-deploy-shards/)<img class="op-uc-image op-uc-image_inline" src="/api/v3/attachments/102770/content">