- Update merge request template (settings / merge_requests) to point to a new changelog wiki page
- Update `CHANGELOG.md` to point to new GitLab release
- Create new web release page with generated artifact names (frontmatter only!)
- Add a link to the (upcoming) Doxygen documentation for this tag in `Documentation/mainpage.dox.in` (with `v`-prefix)
- Update `[docs-release]`-link in `README.md` to the new tag (with `v`-prefix)
- Add a redirect in `scripts/doc/_redirects`
- Update `CITATION.cff` (Zenodo DOI will be added later)
- Create a commit and push
- Wait for CI to be green (except for URL checker which will fail)
- Create a tag and push
```bash
git tag -s-m"OpenGeoSys 6.5.0" 6.5.0
git push --tags
```
- Run `python scripts/python/do-release.py`
- Update `CITATION.cff`, create a commit, tag and push (see script output)
- A new release is automatically created on GitLab
- Fill in the release notes from the Wiki
- Convert MR ids to URLs: replace `!([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])` with `[!$1](https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/ogs/ogs/-/merge_requests/$1)` and `#([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])` with `[#$1](https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/ogs/ogs/-/issues/$1)`
- Copy release binaries and container images from CI job to Azure OGS storage to a subdirectory containing the tag name at <https://ogsstorage.blob.core.windows.net/binaries/ogs6>
- Create a release on GitHub mirror (`ufz/ogs`)
- Check if a [Zenodo release](https://zenodo.org/account/settings/github/repository/ufz/ogs#) is automatically issued
- Issue a scan on [Software Heritage Archive](https://archive.softwareheritage.org/save/)
- Issue a scan on Software Heritage: `curl -X POST https://archive.softwareheritage.org/api/1/origin/save/git/url/https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/ogs/ogs.git/`
- Update `CITATION.cff` and `web/content/publications/_index.md` with new Zenodo DOI
- Update `CITATION.cff` author list (`git shortlog -sne 6.4.3...6.4.2`) and corresponding bibtex-entry in publications web page
- Update `CITATION.cff` author list (`git shortlog -sne 6.4.3...6.4.2`) and corresponding bibtex-entry in publications web page, TODO: download BibTex entry and copy to web page, e.g. https://zenodo.org/records/2600042/export/bibtex
- Update Zenodo entry with correct authors
- Create bugfix branch
- Create new netlify site (in an empty directory)
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-`netlify init`
-`# [ENTER]`
-`# ogs-doxygen-v[TAG (- separated instead of .)]`
<!-- vale on -->
- Create branch from `master` with name `v[TAG]` and push
