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This document describes the process for releasing a new version of Electron.
## Create a backport branch
If you're about release a new major or minor version of Electron like `1.8.0`,
`1.9.0`, or `2.0.0`, first create a branch of `master` for later backports:
Assuming you're about to publish `1.8.0`:
```sh
git checkout master
git pull
git checkout -b 1-7-x
git push origin HEAD
```
## Create a temporary branch
Create a new branch from `master`. Name it `release` or anything you like.
Note: If you are creating a backport release, you'll check out `1-6-x`, `1-7-x`, etc instead of `master`.
Note: If you are creating a backport release, you'll check out `1-6-x`, `1-7-x`, etc instead of `master`.
```sh
git checkout master
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## Merge temporary branch
Merge the temporary back into master, without creating a merge commit:
Merge the temporary branch back into master, without creating a merge commit:
```sh
git merge release master --no-commit
git checkout master
git merge release --no-commit
git push origin master
```