Managing releases in a repository

You can also publish a GitHub Action from a specific release in GitHub Marketplace. For more information, see "Publishing an action in the GitHub Marketplace" in the GitHub Developer documentation.

Creating a release

1. On GitHub Enterprise, navigate to the main page of the repository.
2. Under your repository name, click Releases.
   
3. Click Draft a new release.
   
4. Type a version number for your release. Versions are based on Git tags. We recommend naming tags that fit within semantic versioning.
   
5. Use the drop-down menu to select the branch that contains the project you want to release.
   
6. Type a title and description for your release.
   
7. Optionally, to include binary files such as compiled programs in your release, drag and drop or manually select files in the binaries box.
   
8. To notify users that the release is not ready for production and may be unstable, select This is a pre-release.
   
9. If you're ready to publicize your release, click Publish release. To work on the release later, click Save draft.
   

You can also automatically create a release from the command line or in a script. For more information, see "Releases" in the GitHub Developer documentation.

Editing a release

1. On GitHub Enterprise, navigate to the main page of the repository.
2. Under your repository name, click Releases.
   
3. On the right side of the page, next to the release you want to edit, click Edit release.
   
4. Edit the details for the release in the form, then click Update release.
   

Deleting a release

You must remove all binary files attached to a release before you can delete a release.

1. On GitHub Enterprise, navigate to the main page of the repository.
2. Under your repository name, click Releases.
   
3. Click the name of the release you wish to delete.
   
4. In the upper-right corner of the page, click Delete.
   
5. Click Delete this release.