tools/git-repo.git/docs/release-process.md, branch v2.72

docs: release: update release process to match current practice

2026-10-27T19:29:45+00:00

The documented process has drifted from how releases are actually done: * Releases are now cut weekly by an automated pipeline, so the manual steps are only a fallback, and for rollbacks. * Releases are tested (both updating an existing checkout and a fresh init) before pushing anything. * The tag is pushed & announced first, and only promoted to stable after a day. * Direct pushes to the stable branch are rejected, so it has to be deleted & recreated via the Gerrit REST API instead. Bug: 575551885 Change-Id: Ib36df07811c225558aba1a925b9703f3b2017e6f Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/649984 Reviewed-by: Gavin Mak Tested-by: Brian Gan Commit-Queue: Brian Gan

docs: release: remove stale Project References table

2026-10-27T17:39:40+00:00

The table of git/python/ssh/distro versions hasn't been kept up to date and duplicates information maintained upstream by the distros and projects themselves. Drop it, and point the places that referenced it (python-support.md & requirements.json) at the Ubuntu & Debian release pages instead. Bug: 575551885 Change-Id: Id1cb2225b3852273ca717fc7a443449fb2fd006e Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/649983 Reviewed-by: Gavin Mak Tested-by: Brian Gan Commit-Queue: Brian Gan

Add REPO_SKIP_SELF_UPDATE check in sync

2024-10-28T17:46:25+00:00

The command _PostRepoFetch will try to self update during repo sync. That is beneficial but adds version uncertainty, fail potential and slow downs in non-interactive scenarios. Conditionally skip the update if env variable REPO_SKIP_SELF_UPDATE is defined. A call to selfupdate works as before, meaning even with the variable set, it will run the update. Change-Id: Iab0ef55dc3d3db3cbf1ba1f506c57fbb58a504c3 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/439967 Tested-by: Fredrik de Groot Commit-Queue: Josip Sokcevic Reviewed-by: Josip Sokcevic

git: raise soft version to 2.7.4

2024-03-20T21:11:26+00:00

git-1.9.1 was released in 2014 while git-2.7.4 was released in 2016. Debian Stretch was released in 2017 and Ubuntu Xenial was released in 2016 which are plenty old at this point. Both of those include at least git-2.7.4. We will start warning users of Debian Jessie (released in 2015 & EOL in 2020) and Ubuntu Trusty (released in 2014 & EOL Apr 2024) that they will need to upgrade. Change-Id: I6be3809bc45968fdcb02cad3f7daf75ded1bb5b1 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/415137 Tested-by: Mike Frysinger Reviewed-by: Josip Sokcevic Commit-Queue: Mike Frysinger

docs: release: add recent git/python/ssh/debian info

2024-03-20T19:49:01+00:00

Change-Id: I744360b1bfc816e94b3511f0130abb2c08dedd42 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/415117 Tested-by: Mike Frysinger Reviewed-by: Josip Sokcevic Commit-Queue: Mike Frysinger

docs: update Focal Python version

2023-03-02T22:26:00+00:00

It ships with Python 3.8 by default, not 3.7. Change-Id: I11401d1098b60285cfdccadb6a06bb33a5f95369 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/361634 Tested-by: Mike Frysinger Reviewed-by: Josip Sokcevic Commit-Queue: Mike Frysinger

release-process: update to use ./release/sign-tag.py

2022-12-01T00:04:24+00:00

We have a helper script for signing releases now, so point the docs to that rather than the multiple manual steps. Change-Id: I309e883dbce1894650e31682d9975cf0d6bdeca3 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/352834 Tested-by: Mike Frysinger Reviewed-by: Josip Sokcevic

release-process: update distro baseline & add OpenSSH

2021-09-24T16:42:56+00:00

Stop tracking Ubuntu Trusty & Xenial and Debian Jessie & Stretch as they only had Python 3.5 available which we've dropped. Backfill OpenSSH versions since we've started testing for it. Change-Id: I03183ed97f6e43dce8a00e36cce2956544a26afc Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/318835 Reviewed-by: Jack Neus Reviewed-by: Mike Frysinger Tested-by: Mike Frysinger

docs: Add version for Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute and Debian 11 Bullseye

2021-09-03T00:16:43+00:00

* Add footer to the version table, so easier to read and maintain. * Add version entry for Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute (non-LTS). * Add version entry for Debian 11 Bullseye (LTS). Change-Id: Ic72f911e616b1a13901e56074004f05cdc2c7633 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/313322 Reviewed-by: Xin Li Tested-by: Xin Li

release-process: document the rate limiting in automatic updates

2021-05-04T19:37:48+00:00

We check for updates only once per day, so clarify the docs. Change-Id: Ib669ca6ebc67bc13204996fa40e1a3a82012295e Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/305145 Reviewed-by: Raman Tenneti Tested-by: Mike Frysinger