From d551251869006ec523d28e96cac0207dae69f437 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marko Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:21:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] contributing: add steps for adding and removing rc branches (#5223) ## Description When doing a release the former rc branch should be deleted as the content of the branch is now on the release branch. After a release is made a new RC branch should be created. Closes: #XXX --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index e41d2b77d..bb8d315fe 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ Minor releases are done differently from major releases: They are built off of l 6. Create a pull request back to master with the CHANGELOG & version changes from the latest release. - Remove all `R:minor` labels from the pull requests that were included in the release. - Do not merge the release branch into master. +7. Delete the former long lived release candidate branch once the release has been made. +8. Create a new release candidate branch to be used for the next release. #### Backport Release