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Add CMake instructions to release process
Co-authored-by: Hennadii Stepanov <[email protected]>
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## Regular release
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1. Open a PR to the master branch with a commit (using message `"release: prepare for $MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH"`, for example) that
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* finalizes the release notes in [CHANGELOG.md](../CHANGELOG.md) (make sure to include an entry for `### ABI Compatibility`) and
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* updates `_PKG_VERSION_*`, `_LIB_VERSION_*`, and sets `_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `true` in `configure.ac`.
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* finalizes the release notes in [CHANGELOG.md](../CHANGELOG.md) (make sure to include an entry for `### ABI Compatibility`),
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* updates `_PKG_VERSION_*`, `_LIB_VERSION_*`, and sets `_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `true` in `configure.ac`, and
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* updates `project(secp256k1 ...` to `VERSION $MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH` and updates `*_LIB_VERSION_*` in `CMakeLists.txt`.
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2. After the PR is merged, tag the commit and push it:
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```
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RELEASE_COMMIT=<merge commit of step 1>
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git tag -s v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH -m "libsecp256k1 $MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH" $RELEASE_COMMIT
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git push [email protected]:bitcoin-core/secp256k1.git v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH
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```
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3. Open a PR to the master branch with a commit (using message `"release cleanup: bump version after $MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH"`, for example) that sets `_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `false` and `_PKG_VERSION_PATCH` to `$PATCH + 1` and increases `_LIB_VERSION_REVISION`. If other maintainers are not present to approve the PR, it can be merged without ACKs.
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3. Open a PR to the master branch with a commit (using message `"release cleanup: bump version after $MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH"`, for example) that
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* sets `_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `false` and `_PKG_VERSION_PATCH` to `$PATCH+1` and increments `_LIB_VERSION_REVISION` in `configure.ac`, and
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* updates `project(secp256k1 ...` to `VERSION $MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH+1` and increments `*_LIB_VERSION_REVISION` in `CMakeLists.txt`.
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If other maintainers are not present to approve the PR, it can be merged without ACKs.
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4. Create a new GitHub release with a link to the corresponding entry in [CHANGELOG.md](../CHANGELOG.md).
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## Maintenance release

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