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diff --git a/README.maintainer b/README.maintainer index f2791e0f..bf1994bd 100644 --- a/README.maintainer +++ b/README.maintainer @@ -61,10 +61,14 @@ Release Reminders make distclean * To create a source release, do an export from the version control - system to a directory called qpdf-version. From the parent of that - directory, run make_dist with the directory as an argument. - Remember to have fop in your path. For internally testing - releases, you can run make_dist with the --no-tests option. + system to a directory called qpdf-version. For example, from this + directory: + + git archive --prefix=qpdf-x.y.z/ HEAD . | (cd /tmp; tar xf -) + + From the parent of that directory, run make_dist with the directory + as an argument. Remember to have fop in your path. For internally + testing releases, you can run make_dist with the --no-tests option. * To create a source release of external libs, do an export from the version control system into a directory called qpdf-external-libs |