rclone/RELEASE.md

Extra required software for making a release

• github-release for uploading packages
• pandoc for making the html and man pages

Making a release

• git status - make sure everything is checked in
• Check travis & appveyor builds are green
• make check
• make test # see integration test server or run locally
• make tag
• edit docs/content/changelog.md
• make doc
• git status - to check for new man pages - git add them
• git commit -a -v -m "Version v1.XX"
• make retag
• git push --tags origin master

• Wait for the appveyor and travis builds to complete then...

• make fetch_binaries
• make tarball
• make sign_upload
• make check_sign
• make upload
• make upload_website
• make upload_github
• make startdev

• announce with forum post, twitter post, G+ post

Early in the next release cycle update the vendored dependencies

• Review any pinned packages in go.mod and remove if possible
• make update
• git status
• git add new files
• git commit -a -v

Making a point release. If rclone needs a point release due to some horrendous bug, then

• git branch v1.XX v1.XX-fixes
• git cherry-pick any fixes
• Test (see above)
• make NEW_TAG=v1.XX.1 tag
• edit docs/content/changelog.md
• make TAG=v1.43.1 doc
• git commit -a -v -m "Version v1.XX.1"
• git tag -d -v1.XX.1
• git tag -s -m "Version v1.XX.1" v1.XX.1
• git push --tags -u origin v1.XX-fixes
• make BRANCH_PATH= TAG=v1.43.1 fetch_binaries
• make TAG=v1.43.1 tarball
• make TAG=v1.43.1 sign_upload
• make TAG=v1.43.1 check_sign
• make TAG=v1.43.1 upload
• make TAG=v1.43.1 upload_website
• make TAG=v1.43.1 upload_github
• NB this overwrites the current beta so after the release, rebuild the last travis build
• Announce!