# Making a new SDK release

This guide shows how to make a new Perfetto SDK release.

Before snapshotting a release, check that no [release-blockers](http://b/savedsearches/5776355) are
open.

Check out the code:

```bash
git clone https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/perfetto
cd perfetto
```

Next, decide the version number for the new release (vX.Y).
The major version number (X) is incremented on every release (monthly).
The minor version number is incremented only for minor changes / fixes on top of the monthly
release (cherry-picks on the releases/vN.x branch).

Continue with the appropriate section below.

## a) Creating a new major version

Create a release branch for the new major version ("v16.x" here):

```bash
git fetch origin
git push origin origin/master:refs/heads/releases/v16.x
git fetch origin
git checkout -b releases/v16.x -t origin/releases/v16.x
```

Continue with [building the release](#building-and-tagging-the-release).

## b) Bumping the minor version

Check out the existing release branch ("5.x" here) and merge in the desired
revision for the new release, resolving any conflicts you may encounter.

```bash
git checkout -b releases/v16.x -t origin/releases/v16.x
```

If you only want to introduce one or two patches in the new release, consider
cherry-picking them individually:

```bash
git cherry-pick <sha1>
```

Otherwise, you can do a full merge:

```bash
git merge <sha1>
```

Update the CHANGELOG with a dedicated entry for the new minor version.
This is important because the
[write_version_header.py](/tools/write_version_header.py) script, which is
invoked by the build system, looks at the CHANGELOG to work out the latest
v${maj}.${min} version.

For an example see [r.android.com/1730332](https://r.android.com/1730332)

```txt
v16.1 - 2021-06-08:
  Tracing service and probes:
    * Cherry-pick of r.android.com/1716718 which missed the v16 branch ... .


v16.0 - 2021-06-01:
  ...
```

## Building and tagging the release

1. Generate and commit the amalgamated source files.

```bash
tools/gen_amalgamated --output sdk/perfetto
git add sdk/perfetto.{cc,h}
git commit -m "Amalgamated source for vX.Y"
```

2. Check that the SDK example code works with the new release.

```bash
cd examples/sdk
cmake -B build
cmake --build build
```

3. Upload the new release for review.

```bash
git cl upload --no-squash
```

If you get an error about a missing Change-Id field (`remote: ERROR: commit
a7c7c4c: missing Change-Id in message footer`), install the commit-msg hook
script and amend the change to make sure that field is present:

```bash
curl -Lo .git/hooks/commit-msg http://android-review.googlesource.com/tools/hooks/commit-msg
chmod u+x .git/hooks/commit-msg
git commit --amend
```

4. Once the release has been reviewed and landed, create and push the tag for
   it ("vX.Y" being the new version).

```bash
# This brings the branch up to date with the CL landed in the step above.
git pull

git status
# Should print: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/releases/v16.x'.
# Do NOT proceed if your branch has diverged from origin/releases/vX.X

git tag -a -m "Perfetto vX.Y" vX.Y
git push origin vX.Y
```

5. Update the documentation to point to the latest release.

   - [docs/instrumentation/tracing-sdk.md](/docs/instrumentation/tracing-sdk.md)
   - [examples/sdk/README.md](/examples/sdk/README.md)

6. Send an email with the CHANGELOG to perfetto-dev@ (internal) and to the
   [public perfetto-dev](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/perfetto-dev).

## Creating a GitHub release with prebuilts

7. Within few mins the LUCI scheduler will trigger builds of prebuilt binaries
   on https://luci-scheduler.appspot.com/jobs/perfetto . Wait for all the bots
   to have completed succesfully and be back into the WAITING state.

8. Run `tools/package-prebuilts-for-github-release vX.Y`. It will pull the
   prebuilts under `/tmp/perfetto-prebuilts-vX.Y`.
  - There must be 10 zips in total: linux-{arm,arm64,amd64},
    android-{arm,arm64,x86,x64}, mac-{amd64,arm64}, win-amd64.
  - If one or more are missing it means that one of the LUCI bots failed,
    check the logs (follow the "Task URL: " link) from the invocation log.
  - If this happens you'll need to respin a vX.(Y+1) release with the fix
    (look at the history v20.1, where a Windows failure required a respin).

9. Open https://github.com/google/perfetto/releases/new and
  - Select "Choose Tag" -> vX.Y
  - "Release title" -> "Perfetto vX.Y"
  - "Describe release" -> Copy the CHANGELOG, wrapping it in triple backticks.
  - "Attach binaries" -> Attach the ten .zip files from the previous step.

10. Run `tools/roll-prebuilts vX.Y`. It will update the SHA256 into the various
   scripts under `tools/`. Upload a CL with the changes.

11. Phew, you're done!