Update documents for release process

kubernetes · Dec 10, 2015 · ee9a779 · ee9a779 · k8s-teamcity-mesosphere · Dec 10, 2015
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diff --git a/docs/devel/releasing.md b/docs/devel/releasing.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ git clone git@github.com:kubernetes/kubernetes.git
 cd kubernetes
 ```
 
-or `git checkout upstream/master` from an existing repo.
+or `git fetch upstream && git checkout upstream/master` from an existing repo.
 
 Decide what version you're cutting and export it:
 
@@ -210,9 +210,10 @@ release](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/new):
 1. fill in the release title from the draft;
 1. re-run the appropriate release notes tool(s) to pick up any changes people
    have made;
-1. find the appropriate `kubernetes.tar.gz` in GCS, download it, double check
-   the hash (compare to what you had in the release notes draft), and attach it
-   to the release; and
+1. find the appropriate `kubernetes.tar.gz` in [GCS bucket](https://
+console.developers.google.com/storage/browser/kubernetes-release/release/),
+   download it, double check the hash (compare to what you had in the release
+   notes draft), and attach it to the release; and
 1. publish!
 
 ## Injecting Version into Binaries

diff --git a/release/build-official-release.sh b/release/build-official-release.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ VERSION_REGEX="^v(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-(beta|alph
 }
 VERSION_MAJOR="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
 VERSION_MINOR="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
-RELEASE_BRANCH="release-${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}"
+if [[ "$KUBE_RELEASE_VERSION" =~ "alpha" ]]; then
+  # We don't want to version docs for alpha releases, so we are just pointing to head.
+  RELEASE_BRANCH="master"
+else
+  RELEASE_BRANCH="release-${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}"
+fi
 
 declare -r KUBE_BUILD_DIR=$(mktemp -d "/tmp/kubernetes-build-release-${KUBE_RELEASE_VERSION}-XXXXXXX")
 
@@ -117,11 +122,9 @@ binary | hash alg | hash
 \`kubernetes.tar.gz\` | md5 | \`${MD5}\`
 \`kubernetes.tar.gz\` | sha1 | \`${SHA1}\`
 
-     We'll fill in the release notes in the next stage.
-
-  4) Ensure all the binaries are in place on GCS before cleaning, (you might
+  3) Ensure all the binaries are in place on GCS before cleaning, (you might
   want to wait until the release is announced and published on GitHub, too).
 
-  5) make clean; popd; rm -rf ${KUBE_BUILD_DIR}
+  4) make clean; popd; rm -rf ${KUBE_BUILD_DIR}
 
 EOM