From bf097d6dad76783b8983f76fa225c444db41e8a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Konstantin Haase <konstantin.mailinglists@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 09:44:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add CHANGES check to release task

---
 Rakefile | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index a315079f4f..0a66e66887 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ if defined?(Gem)
   end
 
   task 'release' => ['test', package('.gem')] do
+    if File.read("CHANGES") =~ /= \d\.\d\.\d - not yet released$/i
+      fail 'please update changes first'
+    end
+
     sh <<-SH
       gem install #{package('.gem')} --local &&
       gem push #{package('.gem')}  &&