diff --git a/docs/README.git.md b/docs/README.git.md index 7b6aef5..b86b797 100644 --- a/docs/README.git.md +++ b/docs/README.git.md @@ -11,11 +11,21 @@ Generating releases on GitHub is a very simple process; 2) Enter the version number in the tag field, selecting "create tag on publish" **Ignore GitHub's suggestion of prefixing the version with a "v"** -3) **OPTIONAL** +3) Set previous tag manually + + Last stable for stable releases + Last alpha/beta for alpha/beta releases + + **Ensures GitHub sets the Full Changelog to be between the last release in the cycle** + **and not the start of the repository** +4) Add a release title - use the version number + + **Otherwise GitHub will add the last commit name as the title** +5) **OPTIONAL** Add a release description and/or a list of pull requests and contributors via "Generate release notes" -4) For alpha/beta versions, set it to be a pre-release -5) Release the new version -6) GitHub will automatically generate a GZ compressed TAR file and a ZIP file of the repo +6) For alpha/beta versions, set it to be a pre-release +7) Release the new version +8) GitHub will automatically generate a GZ compressed TAR file and a ZIP file of the repo