Merge pull request #3927 from tianon/release-checklist-mention-contributors

Update RELEASE-CHECKLIST to mention how to get a decent contributors list
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Michael Crosby 2014-02-04 14:46:41 -08:00
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@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ EXAMPLES:
* Improve detection of kernel version
```
If you need a list of contributors between the last major release and the
current bump branch, use something like:
```bash
git log --format='%aN <%aE>' v0.7.0...bump_v0.8.0 | sort -uf
```
Obviously, you'll need to adjust version numbers as necessary. If you just need
a count, add a simple `| wc -l`.
### 3. Change the contents of the VERSION file
```bash