RELEASE

fwupd-efi Release Notes

Write release entries:

git log --format="%s" --cherry-pick --right-only 1.6... | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge | sort | uniq
Add any user visible changes into ../contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.efi.metainfo.xml
appstream-util appdata-to-news ../contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.efi.metainfo.xml > NEWS

2. Commit changes to git:

# MAKE SURE THIS IS CORRECT
export release_ver="1.7"

git commit -a -m "Release fwupd-efi ${release_ver}" --no-verify
git tag -s -f -m "Release fwupd-efi ${release_ver}" "${release_ver}"
<wait>
git push --tags
git push

3. Generate the tarball:

ninja dist

3a. Generate the additional verification metadata

gpg -b -a meson-dist/fwupd-efi-${release_ver}.tar.xz

4. Create release and upload tarball to https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd-efi/tags

5. Do post release version bump in meson.build

6. Commit changes:

git commit -a -m "trivial: post release version bump" --no-verify
git push