Add a script to tag a release

[docs.git] / docs / release-process / branch-cutting.rst

diff --git a/docs/release-process/branch-cutting.rst b/docs/release-process/branch-cutting.rst
index 708fba701d2d55f526fa408cc8d340bd41717b74..70da8781ad1b3256c642cc9a9444d981efe58e1c 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/release-process/branch-cutting.rst
+++ b/docs/release-process/branch-cutting.rst
@@ -170,3 +170,12 @@ Manual steps to version bump (Autorelease)
 
        git submodule foreach 'git commit -asm "Bump versions by x.(y+1).z for next dev cycle"'
        git submodule foreach 'git review -t ${CURR_RELEASE,,}-branch-cut'
+
+#. Merge the patches in order according to the merge-order.log file found
+   in autorelease jobs. **(Release Engineering Team)**
+
+   .. note::
+
+      The version bump patches can be merged more quickly by performing a local
+      build with ``mvn clean deploy -DskipTests`` to prime Nexus with the new
+      version updates.