Hotfix Release Instructions

To create a Hotfix release use the following steps.

1. Create a "hotfix" branch off of the release tag of the release requiring the hotfix. If there's an existing hotfix branch it should be deleted. Replace TAG_NAME with the name of the release tag e.g. CoEStarterKit-August2022

   git checkout tags/TAG_NAME -b hotfix
   

2. Create a new branch based on the hotfix branch. Replace MY_HOTFIX_BRANCH_NAME with the name of the branch you will make your changes in.

   git checkout hotfix -b MY_HOTFIX_BRANCH_NAME
   

3. Make your changes in MY_HOTFIX_BRANCH_NAME
4. Commit the changes and create a PR from MY_HOTFIX_BRANCH_NAME to Hotfix
   • Creating a PR into the hotfix branch will kick off validation and automated testing similar to creating a PR into main.
5. Once the PR checks complete, approve the PR and complete to merge the changes into hotfix
   • Merging into the hotfix will kick off the deployment to test similar to merging into main
6. Once the deployment to test has completed and the hotfix has been tested, run the deploy to production pipeline to push the test build to production.
7. After the deployment to production is complete run the create-release-CoEStarterKit pipeline and select the hotfix branch and set the Hotfix Number