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This document describes the process for releasing a new version of Electron.
## Set your tokens and environment variables
You'll need Electron S3 credentials in order to create and
upload an Electron release. Contact a team member for more
information.
There are a handful of `*_TOKEN` environment variables needed by the release
scripts:
* `ELECTRON_GITHUB_TOKEN`:
Create this by visiting https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=repo
* `APPVEYOR_TOKEN`:
Create a token from https://windows-ci.electronjs.org/api-token
If you don't have an account, ask a team member to add you.
* `CIRCLE_TOKEN`:
Create a token from "Personal API Tokens" at https://circleci.com/account/api
Once you've generated these tokens, put them in a `.env` file in the root directory
of the project. This file is gitignored, and will be loaded into the
environment by the release scripts.
## Determine which branch to release from
- **If releasing beta,** run the scripts below from `master`.
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The scripts need `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` to return a short name,
e.g. no `remotes/origin/`
## Set your tokens and environment variables
You'll need Electron S3 credentials in order to create and
upload an Electron release. Contact a team member for more
information.
There are a handful of `*_TOKEN` environment variables needed by the release
scripts. Once you've generated these per-user tokens, you may want to keep
them in a local file that you can `source` when starting a release.
* `ELECTRON_GITHUB_TOKEN`:
Create as described at https://github.com/settings/tokens/new,
giving the token repo access scope.
* `APPVEYOR_TOKEN`:
Create a token from https://windows-ci.electronjs.org/api-token
If you don't have an account, ask a team member to add you.
* `CIRCLE_TOKEN`:
Create a token from "Personal API Tokens" at https://circleci.com/account/api
## Run the prepare-release script
The prepare release script will do the following:
1. Check if a release is already in process and if so it will halt.