rclone/RELEASE.md

Required software for making a release

• github-release for uploading packages
• gox for cross compiling
  • Run gox -build-toolchain
  • This assumes you have your own source checkout
• pandoc for making the html and man pages
• errcheck - go get github.com/kisielk/errcheck
• golint - go get github.com/golang/lint

Making a release

• git status - make sure everything is checked in
• Check travis & appveyor builds are green
• make check
• make test
• 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

• Set the GOPATH for a current stable go compiler

• make cross
• make upload
• make upload_website
• git push --tags origin master
• make upload_github

Early in the next release cycle update the vendored dependencies

• make update
• git status
• git add new files
• carry forward any patches to vendor stuff
• git commit -a -v