From 7820dc41dc27abb33f8989cca668c20519df0f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: croche <croche@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:13:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] OCM-8956 | docs: update contributing guide for releasing
 common repo

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 18 ++----------------
 version.go      | 22 ----------------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 version.go

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 90fca726..fe46e1df 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -69,23 +69,9 @@ This repository uses GitHub actions which are configured at `./github/workflows`
 
 ## Releasing a new OCM-Common Version
 
-Releasing a new version requires submitting an MR for review/merge with an update to the `Version` constant in
-[version.go](version.go). Additionally, update the [CHANGES.md](CHANGES.md) file to include the new version and
-describe all changes included.
+Releases are handled via GitHub action and goreleaser. Simply push a version tag to create a release.
 
-Below is an example CHANGES.md update:
-
-```
-## 0.1.39 Jul 3 2023
-
-- Bump github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 from 2.8.1 to 2.9.1
-- Update CONTRIBUTING.md contribution instructions
-- Added new unit test in sample_test.go
-```
-
-Submit an MR for review/merge with the CHANGES.md and version.go update.
-
-Finally, create and submit a new tag with the new version following the below example:
+Create and submit a new tag with the new version following the below example:
 
 ```shell
 git checkout main
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7df8d63a..00000000
--- a/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright (c) 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// This file contains the version number of the client.
-
-package sdk
-
-const Version = "0.1.0"
-