This document describes the steps to follow to create a new release of Polar and publish to the [Github Releases](https://github.com/jamaljsr/polar/releases) tab.
> Replace the version v.0.2.0 with the actual version number being released.
1. Create a Draft release on Github tagged with the next version number (ex: v0.2.0), and the title "Polar v0.2.0"
1. Create a new branch locally. The branch name must start with the prefix `release/` so that the electron builds will be published under the draft release created in step 1
```
git checkout master
git checkout -b release/v0.2.0
```
1. Update the version in `package.json` and the `CHANGELOG.md` file