There are many ways to manage software releases with Git. Git does not require any particular method to denote a release, though the most common method is a Git tag, and this is recommended. Further, Git Dev Platforms often provide a platform specific release feature as well. Git does not require any particular versioning scheme, but Semantic Versioning is a popular choice and recommended. The contents of release notes is also subjective, although at a minimum a Git diff between previous release tag and new release tag is recommended.
# Denoting Releases
Generally a Git tag should be used to mark a new release. There are alternatives however as it's possible that a Git Branch could be used instead of a tag to mark a release, though this is less common and only useful in certain workflows - especially since a branch can always be created from a tag at a later time. It's also possible to create a new separate repo on each release, though this is inefficient - many older software workflows that did not use version control systems such as Git relied on a new directory per release strategy so it's mentioned here for completeness.
Generally a Git tag should be used to mark a new release. There are alternatives however as it's possible that a Git Branch could be used instead of a tag to mark a release, though this is less common and only useful in certain workflows - especially since a branch can always be created from a tag at a later time. It's also possible to create a new separate repo on each release, though this is inefficient - many older software workflows that did not use version control systems relied on a new directory per release strategy so it's mentioned here for completeness.
Developer Platforms such as GitLab and GitHub provide a `releases` feature, that associate a Git tag with a release. This is recommended, as it allows easy association of release notes and release artifacts.
