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15 changes: 14 additions & 1 deletion docs/release-process.md
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git tag -s -u YOURKEYID php-X.Y.ZRCn -m "Tag for php-X.Y.ZRCn"
```

9. 🔷 **For post-GA releases only,** switch back to the *version branch* for
9. 🔸 **For pre-GA releases only,** switch back to the `master` (for alphas and betas),
or `PHP-X.Y` (for RCs), and update a `NEWS` for the new version. See
[Update NEWS for PHP 8.2.0 alpha2][] and [Update NEWS for PHP 8.2.0RC6][] for a real example.

Commit the changes to the `master` (or `PHP-X.Y`) branch.

```shell
git add -p
git commit --gpg-sign=YOURKEYID -m "[ci skip] Update NEWS for PHP X.Y.Z alpha2"
```

🔷 **For post-GA releases only,** switch back to the *version branch* for
your release (e.g., `PHP-8.2`) and bump the version numbers in
`main/php_version.h`, `Zend/zend.h`, `configure.ac` and `NEWS`. This prepares
the version branch for the next version.
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[Update versions for PHP 8.1.6RC1]: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/40e8ced23898e3069340ca03ea5febc5361015ad
[Update NEWS for PHP 8.1.6RC1]: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/a4fdeaebe419b88e3b4a1f5aba845c2d4e81fd4e
[Prepare for PHP 8.1.0RC1]: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/5764414eb8900ae98020a3c20693f4fb793efa99
[Update NEWS for PHP 8.2.0 alpha2]: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/418f7211f71658d79d934861be20f277db96fe2c
[Update NEWS for PHP 8.2.0RC6]: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/4ccc414961a70200d638ca281a35f893226d74e2
[Bump for 8.1.8-dev]: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/3b6ee1eb19c14c3339ebfcf5c967065a9f828971
[GitHub command line tool]: https://cli.github.com
[Announce 8.1.0RC3]: https://github.com/php/web-qa/commit/f264b711fd3827803b79bbb342959eae57ea502b
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