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+# Release Checklist
+
+- make sure ci is passing
+- run the tests
+- format + prettier
+- update metadata/en-US/changelogs
+- git tag
+- push
+- make dist
+- make a release on gitea
+- upload the artifacts
+- nix
+  - comment out the hash in default.nix
+  - update the version
+  - run `nix-build`
+  - update the hash
+- bump the versions in GNUmakefile for the next release
+- make
+- commit
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