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+# CLI Release Process
+
+> Hans Larsen (hansl@google.com)  
+> October 7th, 2016  
+> Updated December 15th, 2016
+
+
+## Prerequisite
+
+1. Only the caretaker should be able to release the CLI to NPM.
+1. This document contains information that is only accessible to Google employees.
+1. This document contains steps that can only be performed by contributors to the project (needs write access).
+
+## Setting Up Local Repository
+
+1. Clone the Angular-CLI repo. A local copy works just fine.
+1. Create an upstream remote:
+  ```bash
+  $ git remote add upstream https://github.com/angular/angular-cli.git
+  ```
+
+
+## Updating Local Repository
+
+
+| | |
+|------|-----|
+|Author:|Hans Larsen|
+|Date:| October 7th, 2016|