Instructions for cutting the Emacs release branch
1. In the clone of the Emacs Git repository, switch to the 'master'
- branch, "git pull", and build it to make sure it's not broken.
- Consider deleting all the *.elc and *.o files, or running the
- command "make extraclean", before building.
+ branch, "git pull", and build it (using 'make bootstrap') to make
+ sure it's not broken. Run 'make check-expensive' and ensure all
+ tests pass.
2. Create the release branch and switch to it. Assuming that it is
for releasing Emacs versions XY.1, XY.2, etc., the command is: