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diff --git a/tools/star/release-guide.pod b/tools/star/release-guide.pod index 2fa2dac..79644a2 100644 --- a/tools/star/release-guide.pod +++ b/tools/star/release-guide.pod @@ -172,9 +172,17 @@ and report them to #perl6. Tag the release by its release month ("YYYY.MM"). - $ git tag -a -m"tag release YYYY.MM" YYYY.MM # e.g. 2012.08 + $ git tag -s -a -m"tag release YYYY.MM" YYYY.MM # e.g. 2012.08 $ git push --tags +The C<-s> tells git to sign the release with your PGP/GPG key, so it will +likely ask you for the passphrase of your secrect key. + +If you have no PGP key, you might need to +L<create one first|https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Creating_GPG_Keys>. Should +that prove impossible, you can omit the C<-s> from the command line. + + =item 12. Upload the release tarball to L<http://rakudo.org/downloads/star>: |