add release documentation to CONTRIBUTING.md (#1171)

## Motivation Currently, the process for releasing a new version of a Tokio crate is somewhat complex, and is not well-documented. To make it easier for contributors to release minor versions more frequently, there should be documentation describing this process. ## Solution This branch adds a section to `CONTRIBUTING.md` describing how to release a new version of a Tokio crate. The steps are based on those described by @carllerche in an offline conversation. I've also added a quick shell script to actually publish new crate versions. This should make it harder to make mistakes when publishing. Signed-off-by: Eliza Weisman <[email protected]>
2026-08-17 00:00:11 +02:00 · 2019-07-03 10:18:02 -07:00
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+USAGE="Publish a new release of a tokio crate
+
+USAGE:
+    $(basename "$0") [OPTIONS] [CRATE] [VERSION]
+
+OPTIONS:
+    -v, --verbose   Use verbose Cargo output
+    -d, --dry-run   Perform a dry run (do not publish or tag the release)
+    -h, --help      Show this help text and exit"
+
+DRY_RUN=""
+VERBOSE=""
+
+err() {
+    echo -e "\e[31m\e[1merror:\e[0m $@" 1>&2;
+}
+
+status() {
+    WIDTH=12
+    printf "\e[32m\e[1m%${WIDTH}s\e[0m %s\n" "$1" "$2"
+}
+
+verify() {
+    status "Verifying" "if $CRATE v$VERSION can be released"
+    ACTUAL=$(cargo pkgid | sed -n 's/.*#\(.*\)/\1/p')
+
+    if [ "$ACTUAL" != "$VERSION" ]; then
+        err "expected to release version $VERSION, but Cargo.toml contained $ACTUAL"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if git tag -l | grep -Fxq "$TAG" ; then
+        err "git tag \`$TAG\` already exists"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    PATH_DEPS=$(grep -F "path = \"" Cargo.toml | sed -e 's/^/  /')
+    if [ -n "$PATH_DEPS" ]; then
+        err "crate \`$CRATE\` contained path dependencies:\n$PATH_DEPS"
+        echo "path dependencies must be removed prior to release"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+release() {
+    status "Releasing" "$CRATE v$VERSION"
+    cargo package $VERBOSE
+    cargo publish $VERBOSE $DRY_RUN
+
+    status "Tagging" "$TAG"
+    if [ -n "$DRY_RUN" ]; then
+        echo "# git tag $TAG && git push --tags"
+    else
+        git tag "$TAG" && git push --tags
+    fi
+}
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
+do
+
+case "$1" in
+    -v|--verbose)
+    VERBOSE="--verbose"
+    set +x
+    shift
+    ;;
+    -d|--dry-run)
+    DRY_RUN="--dry-run"
+    shift
+    ;;
+    -*)
+    err "unknown flag \"$1\""
+    echo "$USAGE"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+    *) # crate or version
+    if [ -z "$CRATE" ]; then
+        CRATE="$1"
+    elif [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+        VERSION="$1"
+    else
+        err "unknown positional argument \"$1\""
+        echo "$USAGE"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    shift
+    ;;
+esac
+done
+# set -- "${POSITIONAL[@]}"
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    err "no version specified!"
+    HELP=1
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$CRATE" ]; then
+    TAG="$CRATE-$VERSION"
+else
+    err "no crate specified!"
+    HELP=1
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$HELP" ]; then
+    echo "$USAGE"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -d "$CRATE" ]; then
+    (cd "$CRATE" && verify && release )
+else
+    err "no such crate \"$CRATE\""
+    exit 1
+fi
+