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diff --git a/doc/bitcoin-conf.md b/doc/bitcoin-conf.md index 8c9035c45b..acd767f234 100644 --- a/doc/bitcoin-conf.md +++ b/doc/bitcoin-conf.md @@ -61,4 +61,12 @@ Windows | `%APPDATA%\Bitcoin\` | `C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\bitc Linux | `$HOME/.bitcoin/` | `/home/username/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf` macOS | `$HOME/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/` | `/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf` -You can find an example bitcoin.conf file in [share/examples/bitcoin.conf](../share/examples/bitcoin.conf). +An example configuration file can be generated by [contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh](../contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh). +Run this script after compiling to generate an up-to-date configuration file. +The output is placed under `share/examples/bitcoin.conf`. +To use the generated configuration file, copy the example file into your data directory and edit it there, like so: + +``` +# example copy command for linux user +cp share/examples/bitcoin.conf ~/.bitcoin +``` diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md index 2f3a163a8e..03cea6f194 100644 --- a/doc/release-process.md +++ b/doc/release-process.md @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Release Process * Update translations see [translation_process.md](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/translation_process.md#synchronising-translations). * Update release candidate version in `configure.ac` (`CLIENT_VERSION_RC`). * Update manpages (after rebuilding the binaries), see [gen-manpages.py](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/devtools/README.md#gen-manpagespy). +* Update bitcoin.conf and commit, see [gen-bitcoin-conf.sh](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/devtools/README.md#gen-bitcoin-confsh). ### Before every major and minor release |