From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:11:06 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Flesh out RELEASE_CHANGES instructions for branching in git.
X-Git-Tag: REL9_3_BETA1~1352
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f32609db72f07d6477a4c7de2565cb244f2af969;p=postgresql

Flesh out RELEASE_CHANGES instructions for branching in git.

We have this info in the wiki, but it should be here too.
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diff --git a/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES b/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
index b76fe1a02a..fc11c099e4 100644
--- a/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
+++ b/src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ Starting a New Development Cycle
 ================================
 
 * Create a branch in git for maintenance of the previous release
+	o on master branch, do:
+		git pull           # be sure you have the latest "master"
+		git push origin master:refs/heads/"new-branch-name"
+	  for example,
+		git push origin master:refs/heads/REL9_2_STABLE
 
 * Increment the major version number in src/tools/version_stamp.pl