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authorTim Smith <tsmith84@gmail.com>2021-12-22 20:56:25 -0800
committerTim Smith <tsmith84@gmail.com>2021-12-22 20:56:25 -0800
commitbba174bb5a889d2a56b86b1955ccff4ca814dc13 (patch)
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parentd3ea6defc657e4bf6322396f25b381207064fc22 (diff)
downloadchef-bba174bb5a889d2a56b86b1955ccff4ca814dc13.tar.gz
Minor updates to the version bumping docs
Every year this needs some updates Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io>
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@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ Chef consumes Ohai from GitHub as both a runtime dependency and a testing depend
- Example config change commit: https://github.com/chef/ohai/commit/1ad8c5946606a7f08ffb841e3682ae2d4991077f
-2. On your local machine fork the current master branch to a new stable branch. For example: `git checkout -b 16-stable`.
+2. Edit all the GitHub action workflows in .github/workflows/ to point to your new stable branch
-3. Push the branch `git push --set-upstream origin 16-stable`
+3. On your local machine fork the current master branch to a new stable branch. For example: `git checkout -b 16-stable`.
-### Bump Ohai master to the new major version
+4. Push the branch `git push --set-upstream origin 16-stable`
-Starting from the master branch create a PR which:
+### Bump Ohai main to the new major version
+
+Starting from the main branch create a PR which:
- Edits the `VERSION` file in the root of the repository to the new major release
- Updates the `chef-config` and `chef-utils` dependencies to allow for the new major release of Chef Infra in `ohai.gemspec`