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authorAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>2023-08-01 14:16:40 +0200
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>2023-08-01 14:20:12 +0200
commit299f791851a5546af021d040fef6dbdfb5063aa8 (patch)
treee776b6fbe198f4e1221838cf0336aed61cc9bb06
parentbd4686f967de07ad96042c8433a060a3a6920671 (diff)
RELEASE: Recommend checking the latest releases
Instead of pointing to specific releases, suggest checking all 6.* releases. Show the commands necessary to do so. Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--RELEASE14
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 6d4b7b1cf..42fcde640 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ Description
(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
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ Description
(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:
@@ -72,7 +71,8 @@ Description
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:
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ Description
(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.