# Create Public Release Pr

> Create a public PR to the dotnet-docker release branch with new .NET versions, and a follow-up PR from the release branch into main. Use when preparing the public release PR for a .NET containers servicing release. Use when this capability is needed.

- Skill: `tomevault-io/create-public-release-pr` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/create-public-release-pr`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/create-public-release-pr/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/create-public-release-pr

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# Create Public Release PR

## Workflow

1. **Create a working branch** - create a new branch based off of the public release branch (e.g. `release-$ReleaseName`).
   - Run `pwsh ../shared/Get-ReleaseBranches.ps1` to find the latest release branch.
   - The most recently created branch corresponds to the current release.
2. **Collect stage container names** - read `stage-containers.txt` from the internal release branch get the stage container names for each release.
3. **Update Dockerfiles to new .NET versions** - for each .NET version to be released, run the update-dependencies tool from the root of the dotnet-docker repo:

   ```bash
   dotnet run --project ./eng/update-dependencies/update-dependencies.csproj -- from-staging-pipeline $StageContainerName --azdo-organization "https://dev.azure.com/dnceng" --azdo-project internal --source-branch "main"
   ```

   - Commit changes separately for each .NET version with this commit message format: `Update .NET X.0 to X.0.Y Runtime / X.0.ZZZ SDK`.
     For previews: `Update .NET X.0 to X.0 Preview N`.
4. **Confirm with the user** — Let the user review the changes.
5. **Submit the PR** — Push the branch to `origin` and submit a PR to `main`.

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> Source: [dotnet/dotnet-docker](https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).
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