From 97e7fc4965b0879aa7c7d59f9460ef53df922935 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Dawson <midawson@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:51:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add instructions for creating a release to the readme.

---
 README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc7ca50..9474410 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -456,6 +456,21 @@ If you need to build lib/lexer.wat (optional) you must first install
 [wabt](https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt) as a sibling folder to this
 project. The wat file is then build by running `make lib/lexer.wat`
 
+### Creating a Release
+These are the steps to create and publish a release. You will need docker
+installed as well as having installed [wabt](https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt)
+as outlined above:
+
+- [ ] Update the package.json version, and run a full build and test
+  - npm install
+  - npm run build
+  - npm run test
+- [ ] Commit and tag the changes, pushing up to main and the tag
+  - git tag -a 1.4.2 -m "1.4.2"
+- [ ] Create the GitHub release
+- [ ] Run npm publish from an account with access (asking somebody with access
+      the nodejs-foundation account is an option if you don't have access.
+      
 ### License
 
 MIT

From 507b28341efe4f9c54874cf24681545b6e589406 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Dawson <midawson@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:52:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update README.md

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9474410..7850b4f 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ as outlined above:
   - npm run build
   - npm run test
 - [ ] Commit and tag the changes, pushing up to main and the tag
-  - git tag -a 1.4.2 -m "1.4.2"
+  - For example -  `git tag -a 1.4.2 -m "1.4.2"`
 - [ ] Create the GitHub release
 - [ ] Run npm publish from an account with access (asking somebody with access
       the nodejs-foundation account is an option if you don't have access.

From baab700e400f796a1806b500ba40a58e013372ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Dawson <midawson@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:54:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update README.md

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7850b4f..3e39475 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ These are the steps to create and publish a release. You will need docker
 installed as well as having installed [wabt](https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt)
 as outlined above:
 
+- [ ] Figure out if the release should be semver patch, minor or major based on the changes since
+  the last release and determine the new version.
 - [ ] Update the package.json version, and run a full build and test
   - npm install
   - npm run build

From 83e68684632d049026246ff91f7be2088af9fcee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Dawson <midawson@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:03:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update README.md

---
 README.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e39475..addf5ed 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -468,7 +468,9 @@ as outlined above:
   - npm run build
   - npm run test
 - [ ] Commit and tag the changes, pushing up to main and the tag
-  - For example -  `git tag -a 1.4.2 -m "1.4.2"`
+  - For example
+    - `git tag -a 1.4.2 -m "1.4.2"`
+    - `git push origin tag 1.4.2`
 - [ ] Create the GitHub release
 - [ ] Run npm publish from an account with access (asking somebody with access
       the nodejs-foundation account is an option if you don't have access.