docs/releasing: document post branch version bump
authorEmil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>
Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:35:38 +0000 (15:35 +0000)
committerEmil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:38:30 +0000 (15:38 +0000)
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>
docs/releasing.html

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@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ To setup the branchpoint:
        git checkout master # make sure we're in master first
        git tag -s X.Y-branchpoint -m "Mesa X.Y branchpoint"
        git checkout -b X.Y
+       git checkout master
+       $EDITOR VERSION # bump the version number
+       git commit -as
        git push origin X.Y-branchpoint X.Y
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