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diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md index 9fdb19edf1..84b208a0d8 100644 --- a/doc/release-process.md +++ b/doc/release-process.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Release Process ### Before every release candidate -* Update translations (ping wumpus on IRC) see [translation_process.md](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/translation_process.md#synchronising-translations). +* Update translations see [translation_process.md](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/translation_process.md#synchronising-translations). * Update manpages, see [gen-manpages.sh](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/devtools/README.md#gen-manpagessh). * Update release candidate version in `configure.ac` (`CLIENT_VERSION_RC`). @@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ Release Process - Merge the release notes from the wiki into the branch. - Ensure the "Needs release note" label is removed from all relevant pull requests and issues. +#### Tagging a release (candidate) + +To tag the version (or release candidate) in git, use the `make-tag.py` script from [bitcoin-maintainer-tools](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-maintainer-tools). From the root of the repository run: + + ../bitcoin-maintainer-tools/make-tag.py v(new version, e.g. 0.20.0) + +This will perform a few last-minute consistency checks in the build system files, and if they pass, create a signed tag. ## Building @@ -73,21 +80,12 @@ Open a draft of the release notes for collaborative editing at https://github.co For the period during which the notes are being edited on the wiki, the version on the branch should be wiped and replaced with a link to the wiki which should be used for all announcements until `-final`. -Write the release notes. `git shortlog` helps a lot, for example: - - git shortlog --no-merges v(current version, e.g. 0.19.2)..v(new version, e.g. 0.20.0) - -(or ping @wumpus on IRC, he has specific tooling to generate the list of merged pulls -and sort them into categories based on labels). +Generate the change log. As this is a huge amount of work to do manually, there is the `list-pulls` script to do a pre-sorting step based on github PR metadata. See the [documentation in the README.md](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-maintainer-tools/blob/master/README.md#list-pulls). Generate list of authors: git log --format='- %aN' v(current version, e.g. 0.20.0)..v(new version, e.g. 0.20.1) | sort -fiu -Tag the version (or release candidate) in git: - - git tag -s v(new version, e.g. 0.20.0) - ### Setup and perform Gitian builds If you're using the automated script (found in [contrib/gitian-build.py](/contrib/gitian-build.py)), then at this point you should run it with the "--build" command. Otherwise ignore this. |