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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 7a0628d: ; * admin/make-tarball.txt: Mention clea
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Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 7a0628d: ; * admin/make-tarball.txt: Mention cleaning. |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Feb 2016 05:38:41 +0000 |
branch: emacs-25
commit 7a0628d82eceb37ce3800a265cfc310945985fbd
Author: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
Commit: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
; * admin/make-tarball.txt: Mention cleaning.
---
admin/make-tarball.txt | 9 ++++++++-
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt
index 0730b94..030ad4c 100644
--- a/admin/make-tarball.txt
+++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs. -*- coding:
utf-8 -*-
Steps to take before starting on the first pretest in any release sequence:
-0. The release branch (e.g. emacs-24) should already have been made
+0. The release branch (e.g. emacs-25) should already have been made
and you should use it for all that follows. Diffs from this
branch should be going to the emacs-diffs mailing list.
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ General steps (for each step, check for possible errors):
1. git pull # fetch from the repository
git status # check for locally modified files
+ Ensure that you have a clean, unmodified state.
+ If you switched in-place from another branch to the release branch,
+ there could be inappropriate generated ignored files left over.
+ You might want to use "git status --ignored" to check for such files,
+ or some form of "git clean -x". It's probably simpler and safer to
+ make a new working directory exclusively for the release branch.
+
2. Regenerate the etc/AUTHORS file:
M-: (require 'authors) RET
M-x authors RET
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