maint.mk: a "release-commit" wrapper to do-release-commit-and-tag

[gnulib.git] / top / README-release

diff --git a/top/README-release b/top/README-release
index e5f0e4d..9c47528 100644 (file)
--- a/top/README-release
+++ b/top/README-release
@@ -31,15 +31,10 @@ Here are most of the steps we (maintainers) follow when making a release.
 
     make check syntax-check distcheck
 
-* From top_srcdir, run:
+* To (i) set the date, version number, and release type [stable/alpha/beta]
+  on line 3 of NEWS, (ii) commit that, and (iii) tag the release, run
 
-    build-aux/do-release-commit-and-tag X.Y stable
-
-  in order to (i) set the date, version number, and release type
-  [stable/alpha/beta] on line 3 of NEWS, (ii) commit that, and (iii) tag the
-  release.  See --help if you need options such as:
-
-    build-aux/do-release-commit-and-tag --branch=maint -C _build X.Y.Z stable
+    make release-commit RELEASE='X.Y stable'
 
 * Run the following to create release tarballs.  Your choice selects the
   corresponding upload-to destination in the emitted gnupload command.