To: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The release.sh seems to be last updated in 2015. Every one seems to have their own script to release. This patchset updates release.sh to do the basic stuff as updating version files, committing them, creating tag, creating release tarball, uploading tarball (optional), generate for-next announce. -- Andrey --- Changes in v3: - Add -f to generate for-next ANNOUNCE email - Update for-next when new released is pushed - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250122-update-release-v2-0-d01529db3aa5@xxxxxxxxxx Changes in v2: - Added git-contributors.py from Darrick - A bit better/shorter commands for maintainer to run - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250110-update-release-v1-0-61e40b8ffbac@xxxxxxxxxx --- Andrey Albershteyn (8): release.sh: add signing and fix outdated commands release.sh: add --kup to upload release tarball to kernel.org release.sh: update version files make commit optional release.sh: generate ANNOUNCE email Add git-contributors script to notify about merges git-contributors: make revspec required and shebang fix release.sh: use git-contributors to --cc contributors release.sh: add -f to generate for-next update email release.sh | 185 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- tools/git-contributors.py | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 266 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- base-commit: eff7226942a59fc78e8ecd7577657c30ed0cf9a8 change-id: 20241111-update-release-13ef17c008a5 Best regards, -- Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@xxxxxxxxxx>