[PATCH 1/2] Add feature release instructions to MaintNotes addendum

[rocketraman@fastmail.fm]

From: Raman Gupta <raman@rocketraman.com>

Based on a mailing list discussion, add the operations for creating a
feature release.

Signed-off-by: Raman Gupta <raman@rocketraman.com>
---
 Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt b/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
index 4357e26..f6ee0c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/maintain-git.txt
@@ -244,6 +244,35 @@ by doing the following:
    repo.or.cz
 
 
+A feature release of git is made by tagging 'master' with a tag
+matching vX.Y.Z, where X.Y.Z is the feature release version.
+
+ - Optionally, track the current 'maint' branch to support
+   new releases for the older codebase if necessary.
+
+     $ git branch maint-X.Y.(Z-1) maint
+
+ - The 'maint' branch is updated to the new release.
+
+     $ git checkout maint
+     $ git merge master
+
+   This is equivalent to deleting maint and recreating it from
+   master, but it preserves the maint reflog.
+
+ - The 'next' branch may be rebuilt from the tip of 'master'
+   using the surviving topics on 'next'.
+
+     $ git branch -f next master
+
+   (Again, this approach preserves the reflog and per-branch
+   configuration of 'next')
+
+     $ git merge ai/topic_in_next1
+     $ git merge ai/topic_in_next2
+     ...
+
+
 Some observations to be made.
 
  * Each topic is tested individually, and also together with
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