[vlc-devel] commit: doc: Suggest to use git shortlog -s to show the author of changeset of this particular release . (Pierre d'Herbemont )

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vlc | branch: 0.8.6-bugfix | Pierre d'Herbemont <pdherbemont at videolan.org> | Mon Mar 31 15:52:34 2008 +0200| [f2020de9b29e09e3acf4a7ba2f26be927bb34e9f]

doc: Suggest to use git shortlog -s to show the author of changeset of this particular release.
(cherry picked from commit 57bfc6e6796f25b922335ef32f4183b2bafbf9c2)

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=f2020de9b29e09e3acf4a7ba2f26be927bb34e9f
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 doc/release-howto.txt |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/release-howto.txt b/doc/release-howto.txt
index 8c1fb06..9a11427 100644
--- a/doc/release-howto.txt
+++ b/doc/release-howto.txt
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
 
     First make sure you git-commit-ed the ChangeLog all the version release related changes, then:
 
-    git tag -a -m "VLC Release RELEASE_VERSION" <RELEASE_VERSION>
+    git tag -a -m "VLC Release VERSION" <VERSION>
     (Create an annotated tag, you can skip -a if you used -m)
-    git push origin <RELEASE_VERSION>
+    git push origin <VERSION>
 
     (You are advised to play with it on the sandrox.git if you feel unconfortable)
 
@@ -85,5 +85,8 @@
  * Announce email
   - write something along the lines of previous releases
   - post in videolan-announce (moderated), vlc et vlc-devel
+    You are advised to add the author list for this version 'git shortlog -s PREVIOUS_VERSION..VERSION'
+    And to add git diff --stat PREVIOUS_VERSION..VERSION if it's relevant.
+    You can play a bit with git to show the piece of information that may be interesting.
   - add a sticky thread in the "General VLC media player discussion" forum