do-release-commit-and-tag: support VPATH builds

[gnulib.git] / top / README-release

diff --git a/top/README-release b/top/README-release
index 29ba260..e9804b0 100644 (file)
--- a/top/README-release
+++ b/top/README-release
@@ -31,11 +31,16 @@ Here are most of the steps we (maintainers) follow when making a release.
 
     make check syntax-check distcheck
 
-* Set the date, version number, and release type [stable/alpha/beta] on
-  line 3 of NEWS, commit that, and tag the release by running e.g.,
+* From top_srcdir, 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
+
 * Run the following to create release tarballs.  Your choice selects the
   corresponding upload-to destination in the emitted gnupload command.
   The different destinations are specified in cfg.mk.  See the definitions