Add step for merging release branch back to main. #4770
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This PR updates release procedure to include merging of release branch to
main
(after each release). This makes the latest version tags reachable frommain
, which is important for Go modules to not get confused about which version to use when trying to use branch names. This is only important for projects (eg. Cortex) that depend on Thanos.For example:
This happens because latest reachable tag from
main
branch isv0.19.0
and notv0.23.1
.