How to create a GitHub Release — both via the web UI and via CLI.

Prerequisites

Login with:

gh auth login

UI Method (Web)

Step 1: Commit and push

git add .
git commit -m "feat: add new feature"
git push origin main

Step 2: Create and push a tag

git tag v1.2.3
git push origin v1.2.3

Step 3: Create Release on GitHub

  1. Go to your repo → find Releases in the sidebar
  2. Click Create a new release
  3. Fill in Tag version, Release title, Description
  4. Click Publish release

CLI Method

Step 1–2: Same as above (commit, tag, push)

Step 3: Create release via CLI

gh release create v1.2.3 \
  --title "v1.2.3" \
  --notes "### Bug Fixes\n- Fix JSON special character handling (#2481)"

Or use a Markdown file:

gh release create v1.2.3 \
  --title "v1.2.3" \
  --notes-file CHANGELOG.md

Useful Commands

# Delete a release
gh release delete v1.2.3

# Delete a remote tag
git tag -d v1.2.3
git push origin :refs/tags/v1.2.3