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[projects/geninitrd.git] / RELEASE

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 HOW TO MAKE A RELEASE
 
-- svn up
-- ./changelog.sh && svn ci ChangeLog
-- make dist
-- ./make-tag.sh
-- upload tarball to distfiles, update geninitrd.spec:HEAD
+before making a release:
+
+- run "make dist", create package with resulting tarball to check that code is
+  stable enough for a release
+
+to make a release:
+
+in short:
+- run 'make tag', to create tag
+- run 'make dist' to make tarball
+
+in details:
+- run 'make tag'
+ - fill git shortlog into annotate tag commit message:
+   $ git shortlog $(git tag -l | sort -nr | head -n1)..HEAD
+- run 'make dist'
+- verify produced tarball with updating geninitrd.spec:master
+- push tarball to distfiles
+- commit .spec changes
+- push out tag: git push origin "refs/tags/<RELEASE_VERSION>"