chore: update CONTRIBUTING.md to replace incomplete release script with manual instruction. (#100)

- Revised the release process description for better clarity.
- Added detailed steps for creating and pushing annotated tags.
- Updated notes on version numbering and publishing to the Coder
Registry.
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## Releases
The release process is automated with these steps:
The release process involves the following steps:
### 1. Create and merge a new PR
@@ -253,33 +253,42 @@ The release process is automated with these steps:
After merging to `main`, a maintainer will:
- View all modules and their current versions:
- Check out the merge commit:
```shell
./release.sh --list
git checkout MERGE_COMMIT_ID
```
- Determine the next version number based on changes:
- **Patch version** (1.2.3 → 1.2.4): Bug fixes
- **Minor version** (1.2.3 → 1.3.0): New features, adding inputs, deprecating inputs
- **Major version** (1.2.3 → 2.0.0): Breaking changes (removing inputs, changing input types)
- Create and push an annotated tag:
- Create annotated tags for each module that was changed:
```shell
# Fetch latest changes
git fetch origin
# Create and push tag
./release.sh module-name 1.2.3 --push
git tag -a "release/$namespace/$module/v$version" -m "Release $namespace/$module v$version"
```
The tag format will be: `release/module-name/v1.2.3`
- Push the tags to origin:
```shell
git push origin release/$namespace/$module/v$version
```
For example, to release version 1.0.14 of the coder/aider module:
```shell
git tag -a "release/coder/aider/v1.0.14" -m "Release coder/aider v1.0.14"
git push origin release/coder/aider/v1.0.14
```
### Version Numbers
Version numbers should follow semantic versioning:
- **Patch version** (1.2.3 → 1.2.4): Bug fixes
- **Minor version** (1.2.3 → 1.3.0): New features, adding inputs, deprecating inputs
- **Major version** (1.2.3 → 2.0.0): Breaking changes (removing inputs, changing input types)
### 3. Publishing to Coder Registry
Our automated processes will handle publishing new data to [registry.coder.com](https://registry.coder.com).
After tags are pushed, the changes will be published to [registry.coder.com](https://registry.coder.com).
> [!NOTE]
> Some data in registry.coder.com is fetched on demand from the [coder/modules](https://github.com/coder/modules) repo's `main` branch. This data should update almost immediately after a release, while other changes will take some time to propagate.
> Some data in registry.coder.com is fetched on demand from this repository's `main` branch. This data should update almost immediately after a release, while other changes will take some time to propagate.