Add RELEASE-PROCESS.md

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 ## License
 
 By contributing to this project, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the project's [LICENSE](LICENSE.txt).
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-## Releasing
-
-- Creating a release in GitHub automatically triggers publication on PyPI. Please ensure that your changes are properly documented in the release notes.
-- Semantic versioning should be used
-- The tag should be of the form v{version}.

RELEASE-PROCESS.md

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+# Release process
+
+## Versioning
+Semantic versioning should be used, eg 1.2.3.
+
+## Tag
+The tag should be of the form v{version}.
+
+## Creating a release 
+- In GitHub, go to releases.
+- Select `Draft a new release`.
+- Choose a tag - you can create a new tag here. Make sure it is the same as the version in `setup.py`.
+- Click `Generate release ntoes`.
+- Make sure `Set as latest release` is selected.
+- Click `Publish release`.
+
+- Creating a release in GitHub automatically triggers publication on PyPI.