X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=devscripts%2Frelease.sh;h=453087e5f70fa92906926ef12ab3b192087c51c3;hb=8646eb790e2352ec08c50357b9957cbe5548ddaa;hp=aa3119c424556f2a14a88a2aef61c18b2b44c7bf;hpb=6e25c58ed74505f69770ee01fd762f416d7405d3;p=youtube-dl

diff --git a/devscripts/release.sh b/devscripts/release.sh
index aa3119c42..453087e5f 100755
--- a/devscripts/release.sh
+++ b/devscripts/release.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ fi
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "ERROR: specify version number like this: $0 1994.09.06"; exit 1; fi
 version="$1"
+major_version=$(echo "$version" | sed -n 's#^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\).*#\1#p')
+if test "$major_version" '!=' "$(date '+%Y.%m.%d')"; then
+    echo "$version does not start with today's date!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 if [ ! -z "`git tag | grep "$version"`" ]; then echo 'ERROR: version already present'; exit 1; fi
 if [ ! -z "`git status --porcelain | grep -v CHANGELOG`" ]; then echo 'ERROR: the working directory is not clean; commit or stash changes'; exit 1; fi
 useless_files=$(find youtube_dl -type f -not -name '*.py')
@@ -39,9 +45,9 @@ fi
 /bin/echo -e "\n### Changing version in version.py..."
 sed -i "s/__version__ = '.*'/__version__ = '$version'/" youtube_dl/version.py
 
-/bin/echo -e "\n### Committing CHANGELOG README.md and youtube_dl/version.py..."
+/bin/echo -e "\n### Committing README.md and youtube_dl/version.py..."
 make README.md
-git add CHANGELOG README.md youtube_dl/version.py
+git add README.md youtube_dl/version.py
 git commit -m "release $version"
 
 /bin/echo -e "\n### Now tagging, signing and pushing..."