How to release a new version

Maintainer:Masatake YAMATO <yamato@redhat.com>

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1. Update the version numbers (e.g. “5.9.0”, “5,9,0”) embedded in the following files:

   • configure.ac
   • main/ctags.h
   • win32/ctags.rc
   • win32/ctags.exe.manifest
   • win32/config_mvc.h
   • win32/config_mingw.h
   • misc/git-tag-maybe.sh

2. Regenerate rst files under docs/man.

3. Put a version tag and push it to github.com/universal-ctags/ctags

   $ git tag v5.9.0
   $ git push upstream --tags
   

4. Make tarbarll

   $ ./configure
   $ make clean
   $ make dist
   

   You will get a file like universal-ctags-5.9.0.tar.gz.

5. Make a release on the GitHub page

   Don’t forget to upload the tar.gz file.