Simplify tagging section to reduce chance of misinterpreting what the

tag should be.

Signed-off-by: Callum Styan <callumstyan@gmail.com>
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Callum Styan 2020-02-19 10:42:19 -08:00
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@ -98,9 +98,7 @@ Entries in the `CHANGELOG.md` are meant to be in this order:
### 2. Draft the new release
Tag the new release with a tag named `v<major>.<minor>.<patch>`, e.g. `v2.1.3`. Note the `v` prefix.
You can do the tagging on the commandline:
Tag the new release via the following commands:
```bash
$ tag=$(< VERSION)
@ -124,5 +122,3 @@ If the release has happened in the latest release branch, merge the changes into
To update the docs, a PR needs to be created to `prometheus/docs`. See [this PR](https://github.com/prometheus/docs/pull/952/files) for inspiration (note: only actually merge this for final releases, not for pre-releases like a release candidate).
Once the binaries have been uploaded, announce the release on `prometheus-announce@googlegroups.com`. (Please do not use `prometheus-users@googlegroups.com` for announcements anymore.) Check out previous announcement mails for inspiration.
Finally, open a PR in the docs repo to