release

name	release
description	Release a new version of iosef. Use when the user asks to release, publish, tag a version, or push to PyPI. Handles version bumping, building, tagging, and pushing. Do NOT use for regular development pushes to main (use jj-just-push-main for that).

Release Workflow

Versioning

We are pre-1.0. Always use v0.x.y versions. Do not tag v1.* until explicitly decided.

• Patch (v0.x.Y): bug fixes, minor tweaks
• Minor (v0.X.0): new features, new MCP tools, behavioral changes

Steps

1. Bump serverVersion in Sources/iosef/Utilities.swift to the target semver.

2. Build and verify:

   swift build -c release
   .build/release/iosef --version   # should print new version
   

3. Push to main (if not already there). Use /jj-just-push-main or equivalent.

4. Choose the version — check existing tags:

   git --git-dir=$(jj git root) tag -l 'v*'
   

5. Tag and push the tag:

   # In a jj repo, use git directly for tagging:
   git --git-dir=$(jj git root) tag v{VERSION} {COMMIT_HASH}
   git --git-dir=$(jj git root) push origin v{VERSION}
   # Then fetch so jj sees the tag:
   jj git fetch
   

   If tagging the current jj working copy, find its git commit with jj log -r @ --no-graph -T commit_id.

6. Monitor CI: The v* tag triggers .github/workflows/release.yaml, which builds arm64 and x86_64 binaries separately via SwiftPM, combines them with lipo into a universal2 binary, and publishes the wheel to PyPI.

7. Verify on PyPI once the workflow completes:

   pip index versions iosef
   

Checklist

• serverVersion bumped in Sources/iosef/Utilities.swift
• swift build -c release succeeds
• iosef --version prints new version
• Changes pushed to main
• Version is v0.x.y (pre-1.0!)
• Tag points to the correct commit
• Tag pushed to origin
• jj git fetch run after tag push
• GitHub Actions workflow running/passed
• PyPI shows the new version

Gotchas

• The serverVersion constant is used by both iosef --version and the MCP server's version field. Always bump it.
• In jj repos, jj doesn't manage git tags — use git --git-dir=$(jj git root) for tag operations.
• CI builds each arch separately via SwiftPM (swift build -c release), not --arch flags (which trigger Xcode's build system and break on CI).