In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ceb7f800743f9d0c3a2ed97d06aca722aab3c8b5?hp=dc40e4976a788b09d14895f13b26823be4d28994>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit ceb7f800743f9d0c3a2ed97d06aca722aab3c8b5 Author: Leon Brocard <[email protected]> Date: Thu Jun 23 18:07:41 2011 +0100 Mention bump-perl-version's inplace mode in Porting/release_managers_guide.pod ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index f11736c..3f95c76 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ careful not change text like "this was fixed in 5.10.0"! Then run: which will update all the files shown. +Instead of these two steps, bump-perl-version can also make these changes +inplace in one step, and you can use git status and git diff to select +changes you want to keep: + + $ ./perl -Ilib Porting/bump-perl-version -i 5.10.0 5.10.1 + Be particularly careful with F<INSTALL>, which contains a mixture of C<5.10.0>-type strings, some of which need bumping on every release, and some of which need to be left unchanged. -- Perl5 Master Repository
