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Explore a branching strategy

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Description

To avoid bumping versions often, we should explore a branching strategy that lets us iterate without releasing, possibly using helm-git to iterate on something so that version bumps are (1) rarer and (2) more meaningful

Alternatively, we can scratch this and merge everything to main / bump versions often 😄

Related to #34 because artifcathub tracks changes "per release," IIUC.

It could also be beneficial to have "release candidate" branches or a dev branch, for instance, because that gives a bit of protection for new contributors to have their changes more thoroughly vetted before a release is deployed.

  • Evaluate options for branching and build/release strategies, along with helm-git and what the dev / testing workflow might look like
  • Learn more about #34 / artifacthub changelog
  • Weigh pros / cons, and decide on future direction
  • Document our decision in CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing issue #34 and ArtifactHub's changelog behavior, then evaluate the listed branching, release-candidate, dev-branch, and helm-git options. Compare their pros and cons and document the chosen future direction and workflow in CONTRIBUTING.md.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
git, helm
Domain
build-system, documentation, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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