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authorReuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>2012-03-20 13:37:21 +0000
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-03-20 17:30:09 +0100
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README-release: simplify slightly
* top/README-release: Run "git checkout master" only once.
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Here are most of the steps we (maintainers) follow when making a release.
-* Start from a clean, up-to-date git directory:
+* Start from a clean, up-to-date git directory on "master":
make -k maintainer-clean || { ./configure && make maintainer-clean; }
git checkout master
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ Here are most of the steps we (maintainers) follow when making a release.
are in your PATH. See the buildreq list in bootstrap.conf for
the complete list of tools.
-* Ensure that you're on "master" with no uncommitted diffs.
- This should produce no output:
+* Ensure that you have no uncommitted diffs. This should produce no
+ output:
- git checkout master; git diff
+ git diff
* Ensure that you've pushed all changes that belong in the release: