From ee89610f3ad9a489bcd165273cb1d32b53946b96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eygene Ryabinkin Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 18:02:53 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] Hacking manual: documented how to create tags Signed-off-by: Eygene Ryabinkin --- docs/doc-src/HACKING.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/doc-src/HACKING.rst b/docs/doc-src/HACKING.rst index 54a89ef..d4b3001 100644 --- a/docs/doc-src/HACKING.rst +++ b/docs/doc-src/HACKING.rst @@ -120,6 +120,15 @@ A typical release cycle works like this: 5. When we think a release is stable enough, we restart from step 1. +Tagging release or RC +--------------------- + +It is done via Git's ``tag`` command, but you must do ``git tag -a`` +to create annotated tag. + +Release tags are named ``vX.Y.Z`` and release candidate tags are named +``vX.Y.Z-rcN``. + .. _contribution checklist: