From b4f4142e8df6e91f173a708e858df5215e3909d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Anderson <ejona@google.com>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 16:06:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] RELEASING.md: Include version number in release branch name

This makes it easier to manage multiple patch releases in-flight
simultaneously and improves the default PR description.
---
 RELEASING.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 9bd20035db..18a014df45 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Tagging the Release
    ```bash
    $ git checkout v$MAJOR.$MINOR.x
    $ git pull upstream v$MAJOR.$MINOR.x
-   $ git checkout -b release
+   $ git checkout -b release-v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH
    
    # Bump documented gRPC versions.
    # Also update protoc version to match protobuf version in gradle/libs.versions.toml.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Tagging the Release
 
    ```bash
    $ git checkout v$MAJOR.$MINOR.x
-   $ git merge --ff-only release
+   $ git merge --ff-only release-v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH
    $ git push upstream v$MAJOR.$MINOR.x
    $ git push upstream v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH
    ```