In modern DevOps workflows, GitOps has emerged as a powerful model for managing infrastructure and application deployments using Git as the single source of truth. One common challenge in GitOps is how to promote changes across environments - from staging to production - while maintaining traceability, automation, and control. In this post, we’ll explore how to implement environment promotions using GitHub Releases and Semantic Versioning (SemVer) to streamline delivery and improve reliability.

This approach is tailored for small and mid-sized teams that want to implement reliable, controlled GitOps promotions without the overhead of enterprise-scale CI/CD systems.