Have you ever used '𝒎𝒗𝒏 -𝑩 𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘:𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆-𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘:𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆-𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉'?

It is used to proceed to the release of your develop branch.

Let's see what it does behind the scene:

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$ 𝒈𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 1.4.0

This will automatically do the following:

👉 create a new branch named release/1.4.0 from the develop branch,

👉 checkout the release/1.4.0 branch.

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$ 𝒈𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 1.4.0

This will:

👉 Merge changes into the master branch,

👉 Create a 1.4.0 tag,

👉 Merge changes into the develop branch,

👉 Remove your local release\1.4.0 branch.