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meshcore-bot-firmware/RELEASE.md
cj-vana 74dcf979a9 Update MeshCore base to v1.16.0; add sig/air/coin; ship 139 boards
- Bump vendor/MeshCore pin 910b1bee -> bbb58cce (upstream v1.16.0,
  272 commits) and rebase the 14-patch bot queue onto it; one trivial
  conflict in the MyMesh constructor.
- New patch 15: sig/air/coin commands plus registry-derived help and
  cmd listings ('cmd diag' for the diagnostic set). BOT_PREFS_VERSION
  bumped to 7. Host tests cover the new commands and assert every
  discoverable registry entry appears in a listing.
- Re-include six boards fixed upstream (Pico W, RAK 11310, Waveshare
  RP2040 LoRa, Xiao RP2040, Nibble USB+BLE) after local test builds;
  remaining exclusions are BLE flash-size only.
- Fix release env enumeration to strip CR line endings so envs in CRLF
  variant files (Minewsemi ME25LS01, Wio WM1110, Nibble) are counted
  and built; verified all three build locally.
- Refresh README/CHANGELOG/RELEASE/CONTRIBUTING for the new base and
  command set.

Verified: host tests, safety checks, 4 representative builds, and 9
additional env builds all pass; the 15-patch queue applies cleanly to
pristine bbb58cce.
2026-07-10 15:34:07 -06:00

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Cutting a release

Releases are produced by pushing a cmesh-bot-vX.Y.Z tag. The .github/workflows/release.yml workflow then:

  1. Builds every companion USB+BLE environment exposed by the pinned MeshCore submodule, minus the exclusion list in scripts/list-release-companion-envs.sh (139 boards at the current pin).
  2. Splits the build across 8 parallel matrix shards for wall-time.
  3. Embeds the tag version (vX.Y.Z) into the firmware via FIRMWARE_VERSION.
  4. Uploads each shard's artifacts.
  5. Aggregates everything into a single GitHub Release in draft state, ready for you to add release notes and publish.

Prerequisites

  • All PRs for the release are merged to main.
  • CI on main is green (host tests + representative builds).
  • You've updated CHANGELOG.md with notes for the new version.
  • Your local branch is up to date with origin/main.

Steps

git checkout main
git pull origin main

# Bump CHANGELOG.md, commit, push.
$EDITOR CHANGELOG.md
git commit -am "docs: prep cmesh-bot-vX.Y.Z release notes"
git push origin main

# Tag and push.
git tag -a cmesh-bot-vX.Y.Z -m "Colorado Mesh Bot Firmware vX.Y.Z"
git push origin cmesh-bot-vX.Y.Z

The release.yml workflow will start automatically. Track progress at https://github.com/Colorado-Mesh/meshcore-bot-firmware/actions.

When the workflow finishes, a draft release will appear at https://github.com/Colorado-Mesh/meshcore-bot-firmware/releases. Review it, paste in the CHANGELOG entry as the description, and publish.

Tag scheme

  • cmesh-bot-vX.Y.Z: production release.
  • cmesh-bot-vX.Y.Z-rc.N: release candidate (still publishes as draft).
  • cmesh-bot-vX.Y.Z-alpha.N / -beta.N: pre-release, mark as pre-release when publishing.

The leading cmesh-bot- namespace leaves room for future variants (repeater, room-server) without colliding.

Versioning

Semantic-ish: bump major for breaking pref/protocol changes, minor for new commands or boards, patch for fixes. Bump BOT_PREFS_VERSION in vendor/MeshCore/examples/companion_radio/BotTypes.h whenever an existing pref field's meaning or default changes. That forces deployed bots to reset prefs on first boot.

Hotfix / unpublish

If a published release turns out to be broken:

  1. Mark it as a pre-release (don't delete it; flashed devices may still reference the URL).
  2. Tag and publish cmesh-bot-vX.Y.(Z+1) immediately.
  3. Edit the broken release's notes to point at the fix.

If you tagged the wrong commit and the workflow hasn't finished:

git tag -d cmesh-bot-vX.Y.Z
git push --delete origin cmesh-bot-vX.Y.Z
# fix, re-tag, re-push

Avoid deleting tags after the workflow has published artifacts, since users may have already downloaded them.