Release guide: sign the release tags

Raku · Feb 21, 2015 · e4193d1 · e4193d1
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@@ -79,9 +79,12 @@ step 3.
 
 Tag NQP by its release month ("YYYY.MM")
 
-  $ git tag -a -m"tag release YYYY.MM" YYYY.MM    # e.g., 2012.12
+  $ git tag -s -a -m"tag release YYYY.MM" YYYY.MM    # e.g., 2012.12
   $ git push --tags
 
+The C<-s> tells git to sign the tag with your GPG key. Please see rakudo's
+release guide for links on how to create GPG keys, should it be necessary.
+
 =item 7.
 
 Upload the release tarball to L<http://rakudo.org/downloads/rakudo>: