# How to update a Github release?

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**Category:** Deployment\
**Tags:** github-releases\
**Created:** [June 19, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/how-to-update-a-github-release/9064 "2020-06-19T14:00:49Z")\
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> [@Deployment best practices?](https://travis-ci.community/t/deployment-best-practices/6657/2):
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> As per [https://help.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/about-releases](https://help.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/about-releases), a Github release must be associated with a Git tag. This is their design/limitation (depending on how you look at it), so Travis cannot do anything about that. So you either create tags manually, or create one automatically during a Travis build. See [https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/deployment/releases/](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/deployment/releases/) for details. Yes, if you wish to create a “nightly” release each time you push to master, this means you’ll ne…

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