From 570d63d84f58fabeab89de1a7f49f551635c07d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manoel Aranda Neto <marandaneto@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:09:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: move release guide to RELEASING.md

---
 README.md    | 22 +---------------------
 RELEASING.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 RELEASING.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18ba223..99beec1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,24 +36,4 @@ Specifically, the [Ruby integration](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/ruby-
 1. Run `bin/test` (this ends up calling `bundle exec rspec`)
 2. An example of running specific tests: `bin/test spec/posthog/client_spec.rb:26`
 
-## How to release
-
-Both `posthog-ruby` and `posthog-rails` are released together with the same version number.
-
-1. Create a PR that:
-   - Updates `lib/posthog/version.rb` with the new version
-   - Updates `CHANGELOG.md` with the changes and current date
-
-2. Add the `release` label to the PR
-
-3. Merge the PR to `main`
-
-4. The release workflow will:
-   - Notify the Client Libraries team in Slack
-   - Wait for approval via the GitHub `Release` environment
-   - Publish both gems to RubyGems (via trusted publishing)
-   - Create and push a git tag
-
-5. Approve the release in GitHub when prompted
-
-The workflow handles publishing both `posthog-ruby` and `posthog-rails` in the correct order (since `posthog-rails` depends on `posthog-ruby`).
+For release instructions, see [RELEASING.md](RELEASING.md).
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c84322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Releasing
+
+Both `posthog-ruby` and `posthog-rails` are released together with the same version number.
+
+1. Create a PR that:
+   - Updates `lib/posthog/version.rb` with the new version
+   - Updates `CHANGELOG.md` with the changes and current date
+
+2. Add the `release` label to the PR
+
+3. Merge the PR to `main`
+
+4. The release workflow will:
+   - Notify the Client Libraries team in Slack
+   - Wait for approval via the GitHub `Release` environment
+   - Publish both gems to RubyGems (via trusted publishing)
+   - Create and push a git tag
+
+5. Approve the release in GitHub when prompted
+
+The workflow handles publishing both `posthog-ruby` and `posthog-rails` in the correct order (since `posthog-rails` depends on `posthog-ruby`).