Release 13.7.0-rc3

Preparation

• Check that the following list of critical issues/MRs which are to be included in 13.7.0-rc3 have merged into Master.
  • gitlab-org/gitlab!48632 (merged) - import pull request reviews (e.g. "approved by")
  • gitlab-org/gitlab!48561 (merged) - import pull request "merged by"
  • gitlab-org/gitlab!48512 (merged) - adds logs to make debugging github importing easier
  • gitlab-org/gitaly!2853 (merged)
  • Double check that the above covers everything expected in this RC

Packaging

• Tag 13.7.0-rc3:

  # In Slack:
  /chatops run release tag 13.7.0-rc3
  

• Check progress of EE packages build and CE packages build

  • This might take a while (around 80 min).
  • We only need the EE packages to finish to continue with next steps.

Deploy

• Deploy to pre
• Check GitLab.com is running on the pre environment
• Make sure QA tests pass on Pre

Release

• Publish the packages via ChatOps:

  # In Slack:
  /chatops run publish 13.7.0-rc3

• Verify that packages appear on packages.gitlab.com
• Verify that Docker images appear on hub.docker.com: EE / CE

Post release - don't perform this step without Yorick around

• Remove the 13-7-stable stable branches. This is necessary for the next RC starts off at the right commit

To wipe the stable branches, download this script to wipe.rb:

wipe.rb

# frozen_string_literal: true
# rubocop: disable all

require 'gitlab'

com = Gitlab::Client.new(
  private_token: ENV.fetch('COM_TOKEN'),
  endpoint: 'https://gitlab.com/api/v4'
)

dev = Gitlab::Client.new(
  private_token: ENV.fetch('DEV_TOKEN'),
  endpoint: 'https://dev.gitlab.org/api/v4'
)

BRANCHES = %w[13-7-stable 13-7-stable-ee]

com_projects = %w[
  gitlab-org/gitlab
  gitlab-org/gitlab-foss
  gitlab-org/charts/gitlab
  gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab
  gitlab-org/build/CNG
  gitlab-org/gitaly
]

security_projects = %w[
  gitlab-org/security/gitlab
  gitlab-org/security/gitlab-foss
  gitlab-org/security/charts/gitlab
  gitlab-org/security/omnibus-gitlab
  gitlab-org/security/charts/components/images
  gitlab-org/security/gitaly
]

dev_projects = %w[
  gitlab/gitlab-ee
  gitlab/gitlabhq
  gitlab/charts/gitlab
  gitlab/omnibus-gitlab
  gitlab/charts/components/images
  gitlab/gitaly
]

def wipe_branches(projects, client)
  projects.each do |project|
    BRANCHES.each do |branch_name|
      branch =
        begin
          client.branch(project, branch_name)
        rescue Gitlab::Error::NotFound
          next
        end

      deleted =
        begin
          client.delete_branch(project, branch_name)
          '🗑️ Removed'
        rescue StandardError => ex
          "⚠️ Failed to remove: #{ex.message}"
        end

      puts "#{project.ljust(50, ' ')} #{branch.name.ljust(20, ' ')} #{branch.commit.id[0..5].ljust(10, ' ')} #{deleted}"
    end
  end
end

puts "⚠️ The following branches will be removed: #{BRANCHES.join(', ')}"
print "Type #{BRANCHES.length} and press Enter to continue: "

if STDIN.gets.strip.to_i != BRANCHES.length
  abort 'The confirmation is incorrect'
end

wipe_branches(com_projects, com)
puts

wipe_branches(security_projects, com)
puts

wipe_branches(dev_projects, dev)

Then run it as follows:

gem install gitlab
env DEV_TOKEN='hunter2' COM_TOKEN='hunter2' ruby wipe.rb

The variable DEV_TOKEN should be set to the value of the Release Tools CI variable RELEASE_BOT_DEV_TOKEN, while COM_TOKEN should be set to the value of RELEASE_BOT_PRODUCTION_TOKEN. You can find the current values for these variables here in the "Variables" section.