## Preliminaries
+* Update the version number at ``VERSION`` and ``ANNOUNCE.md``.
+
* Make sure that ``RELEASE_NOTES.md`` and ``ANNOUNCE.md`` are up to
date with the latest news in the release.
## Tagging
-* Create a tag ``X.Y.Z`` from ``master``. Use the next message:
+* Create a tag ``vX.Y.Z`` from ``master``. Use the next message:
```
- $ git tag -a X.Y.Z -m "Tagging version X.Y.Z"
+ $ git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "Tagging version X.Y.Z"
```
- Note: For release candidates, just add a rcN suffix to tag ("X.Y.ZrcN").
+ Note: For release candidates, just add a rcN suffix to tag ("vX.Y.ZrcN").
* Or, alternatively, make a signed tag (requires gpg correctly configured):
```
- $ git tag -s X.Y.Z -m "Tagging version X.Y.Z"
+ $ git tag -s vX.Y.Z -m "Tagging version X.Y.Z"
```
* Push the tag to the Github repo:
$ git clone https://github.com/PyTables/datasette-pytables
$ cd datasette-pytables
$ python setup.py build
+ $ pytest
```
* Make the tarball with the command: