ember-cli follows the same channel based release process that Ember does:

• release - This branch represents the latest dist-tag on NPM
• beta - This branch represents the beta dist-tag on NPM
• master - The branch is not released to the NPM registry, but (generally speaking) can be used directly

• Update blueprint dependencies to latest

node ./dev/update-blueprint-dependencies.js --ember-source=latest --ember-data=latest

• Commit

• Send pull request to beta branch

• Wait for PR (for updating blueprint dependencies) to be merged

• Checkout the release branch

git fetch origin
git checkout -B release --track origin/release

• Merge beta branch into release

git fetch origin
git merge origin/beta
git push origin release

• Ensure you have the correct dependencies

git clean -fdx
yarn

• Update the CHANGELOG.md
  • Run node ./dev/changelog
  • Copy output into CHANGELOG.md
  • Edit to make clearer for consumers (remove non-consumer facing entries, etc)
  • Ensure blueprint change diff URLs are correct
  • Merge any prior beta entries together
  • Update changelog header for current release
  • Commit
• Release: npx release-it
• Update GitHub Release with changelog contents
• Merge release into beta branch

git checkout -B beta --track origin/beta
git merge origin/release
git push origin beta

• Checkout the release branch

git fetch origin
git checkout -B release --track origin/release

• Ensure you have the correct dependencies

git clean -fdx
yarn

• Update the CHANGELOG.md
  • Run node ./dev/changelog
  • Copy output into CHANGELOG.md
  • Edit to make clearer for consumers (remove non-consumer facing entries, etc)
  • Ensure blueprint change diff URLs are correct
  • Update changelog header for current release
  • Commit
• Release: npx release-it
• Update GitHub Release with changelog contents
• Merge release into beta branch

git checkout -B beta --track origin/beta
git merge origin/release
git push origin beta

• Update ember-source and ember-data to latest beta

node ./dev/update-blueprint-dependencies.js --ember-source=beta --ember-data=beta

• Commit
• Send pull request to master branch
• Wait for PR (for updating blueprint dependencies) to be merged
• Checkout the beta branch

git fetch origin
git checkout -B beta --track origin/beta

• Merge master branch into beta

git fetch origin
git merge origin/master
git push origin beta

• Ensure you have the correct dependencies

git clean -fdx
yarn

• Update the CHANGELOG.md
  • Run node ./dev/changelog
  • Copy output into CHANGELOG.md
  • Edit to make clearer for consumers (remove non-consumer facing entries, etc)
  • Ensure blueprint change diff URLs are correct
  • Update changelog header for current release
  • Commit
• Release: npx release-it
• Update GitHub Release with changelog contents
• Merge beta into master branch

git checkout master
git merge origin/beta
git push origin master

• Checkout the beta branch

git fetch origin
git checkout -B beta --track origin/beta

• Ensure you have the correct dependencies

git clean -fdx
yarn

• Update the CHANGELOG.md
  • Run node ./dev/changelog
  • Copy output into CHANGELOG.md
  • Edit to make clearer for consumers (remove non-consumer facing entries, etc)
  • Ensure blueprint change diff URLs are correct
  • Update changelog header for current release
  • Commit
• Release: npx release-it
• Update GitHub Release with changelog contents
• Merge beta into master branch

git checkout master
git merge origin/beta
git push origin master