cookiecutter-release-1.2.0.md

• Update HISTORY.rst
• Update version number in my_project/__init__.py
• Update version number in setup.py
• Install the package again for local development, but with the new version number:

python setup.py develop

• Run the tests:

tox

• Use restview package to confirm long description will look nice on PyPI:

pip install restview
sudo restview --long-description --pypi-strict

• Commit the changes:

git add .
git commit -m "Release 1.2.0"

• Build the source distribution:

python setup.py sdist

• Test that the sdist installs:

mktmpenv
cd dist
tar xzvf my_project-1.1.0.tar.gz
cd my_project-1.1.0/
python setup.py install
<try out my_project>
deactivate

• Release on PyPI:

pip install -U wheel
python setup.py sdist upload
python setup.py bdist_wheel upload

• Test that it pip installs:

mktmpenv
pip install my_project
<try out my_project>
deactivate

• Tag the last git commit with the version number:

git tag -a 1.2.0

Put the same message as in HISTORY.rst.

• Push: git push
• Push tags: git push --tags
• Check the PyPI listing page to make sure that the README, release notes, and roadmap display properly. If not, use the readme package, installable off of PyPI, to determine why.
• Edit the release on GitHub (e.g. https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter/releases). Paste the release notes into the release's release page, and come up with a title for the release.