New Magento Release Procedure

This is a WIP and detailed instructions for each step will be added.

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General Procedure

1. Download the new release from the Magento website

• Clone the mirror repository
• Switch to the proper branch creating a new branch as needed
• Delete all of the checked out files/directories except for .git and .gitignore
• Extract the new release into the repo
• Add all changes (new, updated, deleted) into the git index
• Commit the new release
• Tag the new release
• Push branch and tag