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Fini Jastrow edited this page Oct 17, 2022 · 19 revisions

Nerd Fonts

Release Workflow

Merge latest PRs

  • Merge latest Pull Requests into the default branch that are for the latest milestone
  • Pull Requests and Bug Fixes go directly into the default branch after basic testing

Run release script

  • Change to scripts dir (@todo fix reliance on dir) 
    # todo fixme
cd bin/scripts
  • Execute script 
    ./release.sh <version>

Update changelog

## v<version>
### New Features

  - Added xyz (fixes #101)
  - Added ...

### Updates / Improvements

  - Updated xyz (fixes #101) (PR #101 @someone)
  - ...

### Fixes

  - Fixed xyz (fixes #101) (PR #101 @someone)
  - ...

Update the Sankey Diagram (if glyph changes)

Nerd Fonts [7] Powerline Symbols
Nerd Fonts [30] Powerline Extra Symbols
Nerd Fonts [675] Font Awesome
Nerd Fonts [170] Font Awesome Extension
Nerd Fonts [197] Devicons
Nerd Fonts [228] Weather Icons
Nerd Fonts [53] Seti UI + Custom
Nerd Fonts [172] Octicons
Nerd Fonts [29] Font Linux
Nerd Fonts [5] IEC Power Symbols
Nerd Fonts [8] Pomicons
Nerd Fonts [2119] Material Design
  • Use the following settings
    • for 'Size, Spacing & Shape:'
      • Use all defaults, except
        • for 'curviness': max "("
        • for 'Vertical Space between Nodes': 20px
        • for 'node width': '20px'
    • for 'Colors:'
      • for 'Node Colors: Use theme:' "A"
    • "Labels & Units..."
      • Use all defaults (used to use 'mono')
      • 'Units: suffix' Use (with a leading space): ' icons'
    • "Advanced"
      • Select "Reverse the graph (flow right-to-left)"
    • Export as 1x (basic) for PNG or just SVG

Update readme

  • Update the readme.md
    • If a new font was added, add it to the table of Patched Fonts
    • If any new glyphs or glyph sets were added
      • Update individual glyph tables
      • Use an updated Sankey Diagram
    • Update the "counts" in the Features Section
      • You can get this information by simply passing a second param to the "all patcher": ./gotta-patch-em-all-font-patcher\!.sh "" info
        • "X already patched font families" -> Give exact number from 'typefaces' line
        • "Over X unique combinations/variations..." -> round down to nearest hundred from 'variation' line
        • "Over X glyphs/icons combined" -> manual process for now (@todo)
    • Update the "counts" in the Combinations Section
      • Again, get this info from the "all patcher"
    • Update the font-patcher help output section under "Patch Your Own Font" if needed

Create release on GitHub

  • verify master branch has all changes commited and pushed
    • git status -s
  • update master from remote
    • git pull origin master
  • create the new branch
    • verify what the version should be by double checking remote branches
      • git branch -r | grep '[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+$'
    • git checkout -b <semver_based_branch_name>
  • push the new branch
    • git push -u origin <semver_based_branch_name>
  • create tag
    • "vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH"
    • i.e. same as branch name but with prefixed with a 'v'
    • e.g. git tag v1.5.3
  • push latest tags
    • git push --tags
  • Create new release on GitHub
    • copy and paste latest release details from changelog.md into release notes

Run upload script

  • Execute upload-archives.sh to upload font archives to the latest release
    • with no parameter given it will upload to the 'latest' release via GitHub API

Verify uploaded files

  • Verify font archives are showing for latest release

Update All Contributors

  • run: all-contributors check
  • ignore bots and compare differences between this release and the last, for example or if that does not work a good process is to check the release milestone and add the user to the CLI with appropriate contributions (e.g. code,doc,translation,... etc.)
  • add or update the contributors with, e.g.: all-contributors add <user> code,doc
  • Spot check the changeset difference for issues
  • Update the NerdFonts.com Website

Update the Website (GitHub pages)

  • Checkout branch: gh-pages
  • Update the download links
    • If there are new fonts add the new links
  • Update the release notes
    • Insert new release notes from changelog to the top
    • Remove 'open' attribute from previous release container div

Ad hoc updating of the Glyph-only fonts

./font-patcher -ext ttf -out ./src/glyphs/ --complete ./src/glyphs/Symbols\ Template\ 1000\ em.ttf
./font-patcher -ext ttf -out ./src/glyphs/ --complete ./src/glyphs/Symbols\ Template\ 2048\ em.ttf

This Wiki and the Readme contains a lot of information, please take your time to read the information.

If you run into any trouble, please start by looking in the FAQ and if you still need help you can visit the Gitter Chat.

There is a heavily detailed Changelog and Release changes.

Be sure to read the Contributing Guide before opening a pull request to Nerd Fonts.

If you have any questions about the Nerd Fonts usage or want to share some information with the community, please go to one of the following places:

Home

Help

Glyph Sets & Codepoints

Icon Names in Shell

Font Substitution & Fallback

Codepoint Conflicts

Project Purpose

Development Guide

Real World Mentions & Usage (Sightings)

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