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-Commit all of the changes you have locally, then use the following commands to create a tag and push everything:
+## Releasing a New Version
+
+First, build all the code via `yarn build`.
+
+Secondly, commit all of the changes you have locally (even the changes in `dist` folder) and then use the following commands to create a tag and push / release everything:
 
 ```
 git tag -a -m "Release v1.0.19" v1.0.19
 git push --follow-tags
 ```
+