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| author | flip1995 <philipp.krones@embecosm.com> | 2021-06-04 16:57:03 +0200 |
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| committer | flip1995 <philipp.krones@embecosm.com> | 2021-06-04 16:57:03 +0200 |
| commit | 52fc18c932eb9d0836fe2e158b9c689a1f623b79 (patch) | |
| tree | 1789c3898856c6f665e07f0262435b03927742a9 | |
| parent | b1752f616f532c068a19e8b690c31b5411be89cd (diff) | |
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Release doc: add explanation for updating the stable branch
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diff --git a/doc/release.md b/doc/release.md index e0af9bf0625..afe3033c288 100644 --- a/doc/release.md +++ b/doc/release.md @@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ After this, the release should be available on the Clippy [release page]. [release page]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/releases +## Update the `stable` branch + +At this step you should have already checked out the commit of the `rust-1.XX.0` +tag. Updating the stable branch from here is as easy as: + +```bash +# Assuming the current directory corresponds to the Clippy repository and the +# commit of the just created rust-1.XX.0 tag is checked out. +$ git push upstream rust-1.XX.0:stable # `upstream` is the `rust-lang/rust-clippy` remote +``` + +_NOTE: Usually there are no stable backports for Clippy, so this update should +be possible without force pushing or anything like this. If there should have +happened a stable backport, make sure to re-merge those changes just as with the +`beta` branch._ ## Update `CHANGELOG.md` |