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Diffstat (limited to 'README-release')
| -rw-r--r-- | README-release | 9 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/README-release b/README-release index e56c7a90c..09b50d7a2 100644 --- a/README-release +++ b/README-release @@ -29,13 +29,10 @@ FIXME: enable excluded programs like arch? to get their manual pages? * Run "make distcheck" -* Manually set the date, version number, and [stable/alpha/beta] on - line 3 of NEWS, then do e.g.,: +* Set the date, version number, and release type [stable/alpha/beta] on + line 3 of NEWS, commit that, and tag the release by running e.g., - v=8.0 - pkg=$(sed -n 's/^PACKAGE = \(.*\)/\1/p' Makefile) - git commit -F <(printf 'version '$v'\n\n* NEWS: Record release date.\n') -a - git tag -s -m "$pkg $v" v$v HEAD + build-aux/do-release-commit-and-tag 8.1 beta * Run the following to create release tarballs. Your choice selects the corresponding upload-to destination in the emitted gnupload command. |