dd-win-prof-release

name	dd-win-prof-release
description	Cut a release of dd-win-prof (Windows native profiler). Use when the user says "release vX.Y.Z of dd-win-prof", "cut a dd-win-prof release", "ship dd-win-prof", or "tag dd-win-prof vX.Y.Z".

dd-win-prof release

main always sits at the version about to be released. So the flow is: tag first, bump after. Two steps, then watch for the draft release.

git fetch origin && git checkout main && git pull --ff-only

Step 1 — Sign and push the tag

git tag -s vX.Y.Z -m "vX.Y.Z"
git push origin vX.Y.Z

• -s produces a signed annotated tag. Lightweight unsigned tags are discouraged. If signing fails (e.g. missing key in ssh-agent), surface the error — do not silently fall back to git tag or -c commit.gpgsign=false.
• The workflow's first build step (scripts/check-version.ps1) asserts version.h matches the tag and fails fast otherwise.

Step 2 — Bump version.h to next on a follow-up PR

Bump the minor (Y): e.g. 0.3.0 → 0.4.0.

git checkout -b <user>/bump-next
# edit src/dd-win-prof/version.h: DLL_VERSION_MINOR -> next
git add src/dd-win-prof/version.h
git commit -m "Bump version.h to <next>"
git push -u origin <user>/bump-next
gh pr create --draft --title "Bump version.h to <next>"

Step 3 — Look for the draft release

gh run watch -R DataDog/dd-win-prof \
  $(gh run list -R DataDog/dd-win-prof --workflow=release.yml -L 1 \
    --json databaseId -q '.[0].databaseId')

gh release view vX.Y.Z -R DataDog/dd-win-prof

The release is left as a draft on purpose. Edit the auto-generated notes in the UI and publish manually.

If something went wrong

Don't try to re-run the workflow against the same tag. Delete the release and the tag, then start over from Step 1:

gh release delete vX.Y.Z -R DataDog/dd-win-prof -y
git push --delete origin vX.Y.Z
git tag -d vX.Y.Z

References

• Workflow: .github/workflows/release.yml
• Octo-STS policy: .github/chainguard/self.github.release.publish.sts.yaml
• Local check: pwsh scripts/check-version.ps1 -Tag vX.Y.Z
• README sections: Packaging a release, Cutting a release