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authorJan Bruckner <janbruckner@gmail.com>2015-10-05 15:27:01 +0200
committerJan Bruckner <janbruckner@gmail.com>2015-10-05 16:01:39 +0200
commita5f6af007a307b91b8fa45dfe821d5da31e32c47 (patch)
tree3549e81f17c93f59ad189e7a2384cc5540a1f5c2 /doc
parent39772f0116276c8b3625e22150bc518754077a6b (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-a5f6af007a307b91b8fa45dfe821d5da31e32c47.tar.gz
don't set LATEST_TAG automatically in patch update guide
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diff --git a/doc/update/patch_versions.md b/doc/update/patch_versions.md
index a66a863f6c4..da719229ab6 100644
--- a/doc/update/patch_versions.md
+++ b/doc/update/patch_versions.md
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H git fetch --all
sudo -u git -H git checkout -- Gemfile.lock db/schema.rb
-LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
-sudo -u git -H git checkout $LATEST_TAG -b $LATEST_TAG
+sudo -u git -H git checkout LATEST_TAG -b LATEST_TAG
```
+Replace `LATEST_TAG` with the latest GitLab tag you want to update to, for example `v8.0.3`.
+Use `git tag -l 'v*.[0-9]' --sort='v:refname'` to see a list of all tags.
+Make sure to update patch versions only (check your current version with `cat VERSION`)
### 3. Update gitlab-shell to the corresponding version