libxmlb Release Notes 1. Write NEWS entries for libxmlb in the same format as usual. git shortlog 0.1.14.. | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge > NEWS.new Version 0.1.15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2020-xx-xx New Features: Bugfixes: Commit changes to git: # MAKE SURE THESE ARE CORRECT export release_ver="0.1.15" git commit -a -m "Release libxmlb ${release_ver}" git tag -s -f -m "Release libxmlb ${release_ver}" "${release_ver}" git push --tags git push Generate the tarball: ninja dist Generate the additional verification metadata gpg -b -a meson-dist/libxmlb-${release_ver}.tar.xz Upload tarball: scp meson-dist/libxmlb-${release_ver}.tar.* hughsient@people.freedesktop.org:~/public_html/releases Do post release version bump in meson.build git commit -a -m "trivial: post release version bump" git push