Pre-Release Notes

Note: This step only apples to pre-release version updates, which are done at the time of initiation of a new release.

If you are doing official release, please skip this step and go to the next step.

Git Work

The master branch is now the current release. If a patch is being done from a release in the past, create a branch for that patch.

Versioning files

Before doing the version updates, create a new branch specifically for these changes.

Here’s what should be in these files for version 2.1.0:

# File Version
1 includes/version.php alpha: define('PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR', '1.0-alpha1');
final: define('PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR', '1.0');
2 zc_install/includes/version.php alpha: define('PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR', '1.0-alpha1');
final: define('PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR', '1.0');
3 zc_install/sql/install/mysql_zencart.sql alpha: project_version_major and project_version_minor for the two Zen-Cart Main rows should be 2 and 1.0-alpha1.
CHECK CAREFULLY - look at all rows
final: project_version_major and project_version_minor for the two Zen-Cart Main rows should be 2 and 1.0.
CHECK CAREFULLY - look at all rows
4 zc_install/sql/updates/mysql_upgrade_zencart_210.sql alpha: project_version_major and project_version_minor should match the install file. project_version_comment for the two version rows should be Version Update 2.0.0->2.1.0-alpha1

CHECK CAREFULLY - look at all rows
final: project_version_major and project_version_minor should match the install file. project_version_comment for the two version rows should be Version Update 2.0.0->2.1.0

CHECK CAREFULLY - look at all rows
5 zc_install/includes/systemChecks.yml Top checkDBVersion* block should look for version: '2.1.0'
6 zc_install/includes/version_upgrades.php '2.1.0'=>array('required'=>'2.0.0'),

Shortcut for editing these 6 files:

vi includes/version.php zc_install/includes/version.php zc_install/sql/install/mysql_zencart.sql zc_install/sql/updates/mysql_upgrade_zencart_210.sql zc_install/includes/systemChecks.yml zc_install/includes/version_upgrades.php

Note that in most cases, includes/version.php and zc_install/includes/version.php will be identical.

PHP Compatibility

If the new version has different PHP compatibility ranges than the prior one, be sure to update:



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Last modified September 1, 2024 by Scott Wilson (86c8cd5d).