RELEASING

releasing Active Merchant

1. Get the gem-private_key.pem from Cody and store it chmod 660 somewhere safe
2. Check the Semantic Versioning page for info on how to version the new release: http://semver.org
3. Update the version of Active Merchant in lib/active_merchant/version.rb and in activemerchant.gemspec
4. Add a CHANGELOG entry for the new release with the date
5. Commit the changes with a commit message like "Packaging for release X.Y.Z"
6. Tag the release with the version (Leave REV blank for HEAD or provide a SHA)
  $ git tag vX.Y.Z REV
7. Push out the changes
  $ git push
8. Push out the tags
  $ git push --tags
9. Publish the Gem to gemcutter
  $ rake release GEM_PRIVATE_KEY=/path/to/private/key