Improve release checklist and build_bundle script.

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/docs/release_checklist.wiki b/docs/release_checklist.wiki
index b46eb1f6..fc99fdf0 100644
--- a/docs/release_checklist.wiki
+++ b/docs/release_checklist.wiki
@@ -12,18 +12,22 @@
     * [ ] git fetch origin
     * [ ] git tag -l, and see the latest tagged version (unless it's not a minor version bump, in which case, just bump to it)
     * [ ] Checkout release-X.Y.Z (locally, never pushed)
-    * [ ] Fold in changes files into the CHANGELOG
-      - NOTE: For leap.soledad, the CHANGELOG entries should be divided per package (common, client, server). See older releases for reference.
-      - Helper bash line: for i in $(ls changes); do cat changes/$i; echo; done
-    * [ ] Update relnotes.txt if needed.
-    * [ ] git rm changes/*
+    * [ ] Update relnotes.txt in leap.bitmask if needed.
+
     * [ ] Review pkg/requirements.pip for everything and update if needed (that's why the order).
-      - See whatever has been introduced in changes/VERSION_COMPAT
-      - Reset changes/VERSION_COMPAT
+          - See whatever has been introduced in changes/VERSION_COMPAT
+          - Reset changes/VERSION_COMPAT
     * [ ] git commit -av  # we should add a commit message here...
-    * [ ] git checkout master && git pull origin master && git merge --no-ff release-X.Y.Z && git push origin master
-    * [ ] git tag -s X.Y.Z  -m "Tag <package> version X.Y.Z" # (note the -s so that it's a signed tag and -m to specify the message for the tag)
-    * [ ] git push origin X.Y.Z
+
+    * [ ] Fold in changes files into the CHANGELOG
+          - NOTE: For leap.soledad, the CHANGELOG entries should be divided per package (common, client, server). See older releases for reference.
+          - Helper bash line: for i in $(ls changes); do cat changes/$i; echo; done
+    * [ ] git rm changes/feature*; git rm changes/bug*
+    * [ ] git commit -m "Fold in changes."
+
+    * [ ] git checkout master && git pull origin master && git merge --no-ff release-X.Y.Z --no-edit
+    * [ ] git tag -s X.Y.Z -m "Tag <package> version X.Y.Z" # (note the -s so that it's a signed tag and -m to specify the message for the tag)
+    * [ ] git push origin master; git push origin X.Y.Z
     * [ ] git checkout develop && git merge master && git push origin develop
   * [ ] Build and upload bundles
     * [ ] Use the scripts under pkg/<os>/ to build the the bundles.
diff --git a/pkg/linux/build_bundle.sh b/pkg/linux/build_bundle.sh
index 520ff256..60151a80 100755
--- a/pkg/linux/build_bundle.sh
+++ b/pkg/linux/build_bundle.sh
@@ -34,16 +34,18 @@ BITMASK_BIN=$TEMPLATE_BUNDLE/bitmask
 BUNDLE_NAME=Bitmask-linux$ARCH-$VERSION
 
 # clean template
-rm $TEMPLATE_BUNDLE/CHANGELOG
-rm $TEMPLATE_BUNDLE/relnotes.txt
+rm -f $TEMPLATE_BUNDLE/CHANGELOG
+rm -f $TEMPLATE_BUNDLE/relnotes.txt
 rm -rf $TEMPLATE_BUNDLE/apps/leap
 rm -rf $TEMPLATE_BUNDLE/lib/leap/{common,keymanager,soledad,mail}
 
 # checkout the latest tag in all repos
 for repo in $REPOSITORIES; do
     cd $REPOS_ROOT/$repo
-    git fetch
-    # checkout to the latest annotated tag, supress 'detached head' warning
+    git checkout master
+    git pull --ff-only origin master && git fetch
+    git reset --hard origin/master  # this avoids problems if you are in a commit far in the past
+    # checkout to the closest annotated tag, supress 'detached head' warning
     git checkout --quiet `git describe --abbrev=0`
 done
 
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ cp src/launcher $BITMASK_BIN
 
 # copy launcher.py to template bundle
 # e.g. TEMPLATE_BUNDLE/Bitmask.app/Contents/MacOS/apps/
-cd $REPOS_ROOT/bitmask_client_launcher/src/
+cd $REPOS_ROOT/bitmask_launcher/src/
 cp launcher.py $TEMPLATE_BUNDLE/apps/
 
 # copy relnotes, joint changelog and LICENSE to TEMPLATE_BUNDLE