\section*{Pike Blue Release HowTo}
\subsection*{Internal release}
A push event to a \textit{release/...} named branch will create release
candidates. These release candidates are deployed to the pike blue project svn
repository (\texttt{http://dabsvn01.internal.novero.com/svn/\ \\
0\_31X\_P0610\_pike\_blue/trunk/development/software/\ \\
releases/release\_candidate/}).\\
The branch can be created eiter by gitlab ui or locally.
\subsubsection*{Local}
Checkout the new release branch:
\lstsetbash
\begin{lstlisting}
git checkout -b release/<release_name>
\end{lstlisting}
Prepare build variables in the \textit{variables} section of the build job
file\\(\texttt{.gitlab-ci.yml} in pike blue's root directory).
\begin{lstlisting}
variables:
  PRODUCT_NAME: "PI"
  PRODUCT_VARIANT: "CX"
  PROJECT_VERSION: "20"
  SW_MAJOR: "1"
  SW_MINOR: "0"
\end{lstlisting}
Push the new branch to the gitlab-server:
\begin{lstlisting}
git push -u origin release/<release_name>
\end{lstlisting}
\subsection*{External release}
A \textit{release/\_PI\_CX\_20...} named tag in the pike blue repository at the
gitlab server will create a release and deploys it to the pike blue project
svn repository (\texttt{http://dabsvn01.internal.novero.com/svn/\ \\
0\_31X\_P0610\_pike\_blue/trunk/development/software/\ \\
releases/release/}).\\
The tag can be created eiter by gitlab ui or locally. 
\subsubsection{Gitlab UI}
To create the tag:
\begin{itemize}
\item go to the pike blue gitlab tags section \\
(\texttt{https://novgit05.novero.com/Pike/Blue/tags})
\item Hit the \textit{+ New tag} button
\item Choose a valid tag name \textit{(release/PI\_CX\_20...)}
\item Choose the above created release branch as source for the new tag.
\item Hit the \textit{Create tag} button
\end{itemize}

