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@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ Whenever a change is checked in to `master`, the patch version of `chef` is bump 2. Runs `rake bundle:install` to update the `Gemfile.lock` to include the new version. 3. Pushes to `master` and submits a new build to Chef's Jenkins cluster. +## Bumping the minor version of Chef + +After each "official" stable release we need to bump the minor version. To do this: + +1. Manually increment the minor version in the VERSION file that is in the root of this repo. and reset the patch version to 0. Assuming the current version is `12.10.57` you would edit `VERSION` to be `12.11.0`. +2. Run `bundle exec rake version` which will copy the version to the respective `version.rb` files in chef and chef-config. +3. Run `bundle exec rake bundle:install` to update the base Gemfile.lock + +Submit a PR with the changes made by the above. + ## Component Versions Chef has two sorts of component: ruby components like `berkshelf` and `test-kitchen`, and binary components like `openssl` and even `ruby` itself. |