From a9732afe94c9b8acfbfdf4df408d3785177b48e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Rosewell Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 07:57:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Describe the rc approach to releases in AGENTS.md --- AGENTS.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md index 8dececdf..106ed486 100644 --- a/AGENTS.md +++ b/AGENTS.md @@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ The C/C++ engines and the data files are submodules, listed in the root on-premise package must compile its own copy of the common C library with large data file support; the Device Detection one without it. +## Releases + +Pull requests go to `rc`, not `main`, and stay drafts until they have been +reviewed, because the nightly merges any pull request into `rc` that is not a +draft and has no review requested. When a release is wanted, one pull request +merges `rc` into `main`, and the "Only rc into main" check fails a pull request +into `main` from any other branch. + ## History The four repositories were brought in with `git subtree add`, so commit SHAs