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Expand Up @@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ This process also assumes that there will be no minor releases for old major rel

1. Open a PR to the master branch with a commit (using message `"release: prepare for $MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH"`, for example) that
* finalizes the release notes in [CHANGELOG.md](../CHANGELOG.md) (make sure to include an entry for `### ABI Compatibility`),
* updates `_PKG_VERSION_*` and `_LIB_VERSION_*` and sets `_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `true` in `configure.ac`, and
* updates `project(libsecp256k1 VERSION ...)` and `${PROJECT_NAME}_LIB_VERSION_*` in `CMakeLists.txt`.
* sets `_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `true` in `configure.ac`, and
* if this is not a patch release
* updates `_PKG_VERSION_*` and `_LIB_VERSION_*` in `configure.ac` and
* updates `project(libsecp256k1 VERSION ...)` and `${PROJECT_NAME}_LIB_VERSION_*` in `CMakeLists.txt`.
2. After the PR is merged, tag the commit and push it:
```
RELEASE_COMMIT=<merge commit of step 1>
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