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diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt index 02b4f318e26..98001e24e7d 100644 --- a/admin/make-tarball.txt +++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt @@ -158,13 +158,15 @@ General steps (for each step, check for possible errors): 5. Copy lisp/loaddefs.el to lisp/ldefs-boot.el. - Commit ChangeLog.N, etc/AUTHORS, lisp/ldefs-boot.el, and the - files changed by M-x set-version. The easiest way of doing that - is "C-x v d ROOT-DIR RET", then go to the first modified file, - press 'M' to mark all modified files, and finally 'v' to commit - them. Make sure the commit log message mentions all the changes - in all modified files, as by default 'v' doesn't necessarily do - so. + Commit ChangeLog.N, etc/AUTHORS, lisp/ldefs-boot.el, and the files + changed by M-x set-version. Note that the set-version changes + should be committed separately, as described in step 3 above. + + The easiest way of doing that is "C-x v d ROOT-DIR RET", then go + to the first modified file, press 'M' to mark all modified files, + and finally 'v' to commit them. Make sure the commit log message + mentions all the changes in all modified files, as by default 'v' + doesn't necessarily do so. If someone else made a commit between step 1 and now, you need to repeat from step 4 onwards. (You can commit the files |