Improve release process.

Author: robbat2

HACKING

@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ Testing things:
   $ sudo GK_SHARE="$PWD" ./genkernel initramfs --no-install --no-postclear --loglevel=2
 
 Rolling a release:
-- Bump the version in the main genkernel file.
-- make dist # verify it can build.
+- export PV="NEWVER"
+- Bump the version in the main genkernel file:
+- sed -i "/^GK_V=/s/='.*'$/='$PV'/" genkernel
+- make dist UNCLEAN=1 # verify it can build.
 - git commit -s -a -m "Bump version to ${PV}"
 - git tag -s -a -m "Tag release v${PV}" v${PV}
 - make dist # Real tarball

Makefile

@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ clean:
 	rm -f $(EXTRA_DIST)
 
 check-git-repository:
+ifneq ($(UNCLEAN),1)
 	git diff --quiet || { echo 'STOP, you have uncommitted changes in the working directory' ; false ; }
 	git diff --cached --quiet || { echo 'STOP, you have uncommitted changes in the index' ; false ; }
+else
+	@true
+endif
 
 dist: verify-doc check-git-repository distclean $(EXTRA_DIST)
 	mkdir "$(distdir)"