(iceberg) branch main updated: Docs: Add creating release from passed RC tag (#13595)

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     new 2e5a4f2b0b Docs: Add creating release from passed RC tag (#13595)
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commit 2e5a4f2b0bb4131c5a455288cabba797005b6e53
Author: Prashant Singh <35...@users.noreply.github.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Jul 18 09:28:54 2025 -0700

    Docs: Add creating release from passed RC tag (#13595)
    
    Co-authored-by: Prashant Singh <pr...@snowflake.com>
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 site/docs/how-to-release.md | 2 ++
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diff --git a/site/docs/how-to-release.md b/site/docs/how-to-release.md
index 6ee68db619..d3e5e76228 100644
--- a/site/docs/how-to-release.md
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@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ Next, add a release tag to the git repository based on the passing candidate tag
 git tag -am 'Release Apache Iceberg <VERSION>' apache-iceberg-<VERSION> apache-iceberg-<VERSION>-rcN
 ```
 
+Create a new release in the iceberg repository on GitHub, using the tag created above [Steps](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/managing-releases-in-a-repository)
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 Then release the candidate repository in [Nexus](https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories).
 
 #### Announcing the release