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-rw-r--r--Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt b/Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt
index 02f6d970b3f..22987b31878 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/doc/packages.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb; tl-update-tlnet will make everything else. But
consider mv-ing the old directory so as not to actually make new
containers. Coordinate with CTAN.
-To make the tag + branch of a new release:
+
+To make the tag + branch of (or to prepare for) a new release:
svn copy -r 10402 -m'texlive-2008.0 tag based on r10402' svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk svn://tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2008.0
svn copy -r 10402 -m'branch2008 branch based on r10402' svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk svn://tug.org/texlive/branches/branch2008
+
+It's the same command, just different destinations.
+http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn-book.html#svn.branchmerge
+
+Do both a branch and a tag so that it's possible to easily compare the
+current state of the branch with its starting point (the tag).