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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2012-06-13 22:11:06 -0400
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2012-06-13 22:11:06 -0400
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Flesh out RELEASE_CHANGES instructions for branching in git.
We have this info in the wiki, but it should be here too.
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@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ Starting a New Development Cycle
================================
* Create a branch in git for maintenance of the previous release
+ o on master branch, do:
+ git pull # be sure you have the latest "master"
+ git push origin master:refs/heads/"new-branch-name"
+ for example,
+ git push origin master:refs/heads/REL9_2_STABLE
* Increment the major version number in src/tools/version_stamp.pl