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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2022-02-04 06:48:18 -0500
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2022-02-04 06:48:58 -0500
commitbd11d78dfc0ba78f2c0679faa2cd73b6452c78dc (patch)
tree0477ce5487be4305792adf2ffaceead992090a2f /Help
parentd184bf0659403275fe50862b5a7aecc88bb872b3 (diff)
downloadcmake-bd11d78dfc0ba78f2c0679faa2cd73b6452c78dc.tar.gz
Help/dev: Clarify maintainer guide step for DEVEL_CMAKE_VERSION
The previous wording could be misread as ensuring the arguments to the call match the release version. Clarify that one needs to remove the call and replace it with the literal release version string.
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diff --git a/Help/dev/maint.rst b/Help/dev/maint.rst
index 54d627dd52..151ea5a1b2 100644
--- a/Help/dev/maint.rst
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@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ Update ``Source/CMakeVersion.cmake`` to set the version to
set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 0)
set(CMake_VERSION_RC 0)
-Update uses of ``DEVEL_CMAKE_VERSION`` in the source tree to mention the
-actual version number:
+Replace uses of ``DEVEL_CMAKE_VERSION`` in the source tree with
+the literal release version number string ``"$major.$minor.0"``:
.. code-block:: shell