(2) Changes
Fill the <Changes> file. For that you can check older
- commits, like d4e80a7748 "Changes: Ready for 6.01". It
- needs manual intervention, but in that commit log you can
+ commits: `git log -p --grep 'Changes: Ready for 6'`. It
+ needs manual intervention, but in those commit logs you can
check a few commands that will help.
- Remember to change the version number, the date, and the
(usually happens with "New and changed links").
- The structure is a bit freestyle, but keep it organized.
- man-pages-6.00 was a huge release, so it might help to
- check it: 51228378bec7 "Changes: Ready for 6.00".
+ Check how previous releases did it.
- Commit:
important changes in the version being released, since it
will be read by users and packagers. It should include any
information that is especially relevant for them. Check old
- tags such as 'man-pages-6.00' or 'man-pages-6.01'.
+ tags:
+ `git tag | grep 'man-pages-6' | tac | xargs git show --stat`
- Tag:
(5) LSM
- Update the <lsm> file. Check old commits, like
- c11cb1ca844d "Ready for 6.01".
+ Update the <lsm> file. Check old commits:
+ `git log -p -- lsm`.
- Update the project version number.