Currently use_github_release() just uses the HEAD commit for the tag, really it would be better to use the commit in CRAN-RELEASE, as that should be what was actually uploaded to CRAN.
This was mentioned in r-lib/devtools#2139 (comment), but unfortunately no issue was ever opened in usethis.
Currently
use_github_release()just uses the HEAD commit for the tag, really it would be better to use the commit inCRAN-RELEASE, as that should be what was actually uploaded to CRAN.This was mentioned in r-lib/devtools#2139 (comment), but unfortunately no issue was ever opened in usethis.