New-release-instructions.md

@@ -3,19 +3,20 @@
  3. Make sure all unit tests and doc tests are passing successfully on the GitLab server
  4. Update the change log (`docs/source/versions/changelog.rst`)
  5. Update the version number in `setup.py` and `docs/source/conf.py`
- 6. Build the documentation:
+ 6. Commit and push changes from step 4 and 5 to the release branch
+ 7. Build the documentation:
 ```terminal
 cd docs/
 make html
 ```
- 7. Review the documentation
- 8. Create a merge request for the release branch into the master branch (Note: Do <it>not<it> select `Delete source branch`)
- 9. Once this merge request has been reviewed and accepted, upload the new version to PyPI:
+ 8. Review the documentation
+ 9. Create a merge request for the release branch into the master branch (Note: Do <it>not<it> select `Delete source branch`)
+ 10. Once this merge request has been reviewed and accepted, upload the new version to PyPI:
 ```terminal
 python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 twine upload dist/ketos-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
 ```
- 10. Finally, upload the documentation to the docs server: 
+ 11. Finally, upload the documentation to the docs server: 
 ```terminal
 cd docs
 ./upload.sh