diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version to validate (e.g. 0.73.0).'
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    environment: release
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: stable
+
+      - name: Determine version
+        id: ver
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "push" ]; then
+            v=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}
+          else
+            v='${{ inputs.version }}'
+          fi
+          echo "version=$v" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Resolved version: '$v'"
+
+      - name: Verify version consistency
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          V='${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}'
+          R=$(echo "$V" | sed 's/\./\\./g')
+          grep -q "^${R}$" CHANGELOG.md
+          grep -qF "\"fzf ${V}\"" man/man1/fzf.1
+          grep -qF "\"fzf ${V}\"" man/man1/fzf-tmux.1
+          grep -qF "${V}" install
+          grep -qF "${V}" install.ps1
+
+      - name: Extract release notes
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          mkdir -p tmp
+          V='${{ steps.ver.outputs.version }}'
+          R=$(echo "$V" | sed 's/\./\\./g')
+          sed -n "/^${R}$/,/^[0-9]/p" CHANGELOG.md \
+            | tail -r | sed '1,/^ *$/d' | tail -r | sed '1,2d' \
+            | tee tmp/release-note
+
+      - name: Run goreleaser
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          args: >-
+            ${{ github.event_name == 'push'
+                && 'release --clean --release-notes tmp/release-note'
+                || 'release --snapshot --clean --skip=publish' }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN:           ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          MACOS_SIGN_P12:         ${{ secrets.MACOS_SIGN_P12 }}
+          MACOS_SIGN_PASSWORD:    ${{ secrets.MACOS_SIGN_PASSWORD }}
+          MACOS_NOTARY_ISSUER_ID: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_ISSUER_ID }}
+          MACOS_NOTARY_KEY_ID:    ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_KEY_ID }}
+          MACOS_NOTARY_KEY:       ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_KEY }}
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
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+Release process
+===============
+
+Building, signing, notarizing, and publishing is handled by
+[`.github/workflows/release.yml`](.github/workflows/release.yml),
+triggered by a tag push.
+
+## Steps
+
+1. Update version in the following files and commit on `master`:
+    - `CHANGELOG.md`
+    - `main.go`
+    - `install`
+    - `install.ps1`
+    - `man/man1/fzf.1`
+    - `man/man1/fzf-tmux.1`
+
+2. Sign and push the tag.
+
+    ```sh
+    export V=v0.73.0
+    git tag -s $V -m $V
+
+    # Push the tag only. master on origin still points to the old version,
+    # so /master/install keeps resolving against existing binaries during
+    # the publish window.
+    git push origin $V
+    ```
+
+3. The workflow fires on the tag push and pauses on the `release`
+   environment gate. Approve it in the Actions tab to release.
+
+4. After the GitHub release is published, fast-forward `master`:
+
+    ```sh
+    git push origin master
+    ```
+
+## Testing the workflow
+
+To exercise the workflow without firing a real release:
+
+1. Actions tab -> **Release** -> **Run workflow**.
+2. Pick a branch and enter the version currently on that branch
+   (the version-consistency check requires the input to match the
+   files in the checked-out tree).
+3. Approve the `release` environment gate when prompted.
+4. Goreleaser runs with `--snapshot --skip=publish`. Signing and
+   notarization run; only the GitHub release upload is skipped.
+
+Use this to validate the workflow YAML, version-extraction logic,
+the macOS runner setup, and the signing/notarization credentials.