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Covers releases and tags (list/get/create/delete) — all verified working with the current write:issue/write:repository token scope.
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topic: conventions
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source_keys:
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- context7-websites-gitea
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- context7-gitea-tea-cli
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---
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# Release and tag conventions
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Practitioner conventions that inform *how* to use the mechanics in `call-signatures.md` — not
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additional tool schemas.
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## Release wraps a tag, not the reverse
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A release is a title, body (notes), and draft/prerelease flags layered on top of an existing or
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newly-created tag. The tag is the git-level object (a name pointing at a commit); the release is a
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Gitea-level metadata wrapper around it. This is why `delete_release` and `delete_tag` are separate
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calls with separate identifiers (numeric id vs. tag name) — removing the wrapper never implies
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removing the underlying pointer, and vice versa.
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## Semver tag naming
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Per the `tea` CLI (the reference Gitea client), tag names conventionally follow semver with a `v`
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prefix: `v1.2.0`, `v2.0.0-beta.1`. This is a convention observed by tooling and humans, not a
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Gitea-enforced constraint — the API accepts any string as `tag_name`. Don't validate or rewrite a
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caller-supplied tag name against semver; just pass it through.
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## Draft and prerelease are explicit flags
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`draft` and `is_pre_release`/`prerelease` are booleans the caller sets directly on `create_release`
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— Gitea does not infer either from the tag name, even though the `-beta`/`-rc` suffix convention
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above is commonly used to signal a prerelease to humans. When a user asks to "cut a beta" or
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"publish a release candidate," set `is_pre_release: true` explicitly in the same call rather than
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relying on the tag string to carry that meaning.
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## Release notes sourcing
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Practitioner convention (per `tea`) is to source release notes (`body`) from a changelog file
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rather than typing them inline for each release — useful context when a caller asks to "generate"
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or "use the changelog for" release notes rather than write them from scratch.
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