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diff --git a/gnu-efi/README.git b/gnu-efi/README.git new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c719b208 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu-efi/README.git @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +README.git + +Generating releases from git a very simple process; + +1) Edit the file "Makefile". Changing the "VERSION" line to the new version. +2) Do a "git commit" just for the version number change. +3) Then do a "make test-archive". +That will make a file in the current directory gnu-efi-$VERSION.tar.bz2 , +with its top level directory gnu-efi-$VERSION/ and the source tree under that. + +Once you've tested that and you're sure it's what you want to release, +4) Do "make archive", which will tag a release in git and generate a +final tarball from it. + +You then push to the archive, being sure to include the tag: +5) "git push origin master:master --tags" + +And upload the archive wherever it's supposed to go. + + + |