[docs] warn about potential damage from "make release"

rakudo · May 20, 2010 · e3fe329 · e3fe329
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@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ Create an initial tarball by entering C<make release VERSION=YYYY.MM>,
 where YYYY.MM is the month for which the release is being made.
 This will create a candidate tarball file named <rakudo-YYYY.MM.tgz>.
 
+B<Caution>: this steps removes your C<t/spec> directory and all files
+contained therein, and replaces it by a fresh svn export. So please make a
+backup if you have any important data in there.
+
 =item 10.
 
 Unpack the tar file into another area, and test that it