fix release scripts

.travis.yml

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ matrix:
     if: tag IS present
     script:
       - git fetch --unshallow --tags
-      - python tools/new_release.py 'check'
+      - python tools/new_release.py --check
     deploy:
       provider: pypi
       distributions: sdist
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ matrix:
       password: $PYPI_PASSWORD
       on:
         repo: VUnit/vunit
-        branch: master
+        all_branches: true

docs/contributing.rst

@@ -191,12 +191,15 @@ which is tagged.
 
 In order to tag a commit:
 
-- Set a new version in ``vunit/about.py``.
-- Add a corresponding release note in ``docs/release_notes/X.Y.Z.rst``. The
-  release note files in ``docs/release_notes/`` are used to
+- If required, bump version in ``vunit/about.py``.
+- Add corresponding release notes in ``docs/release_notes/X.Y.Z.rst``. The
+  release notes files in ``docs/release_notes/`` are used to
   automatically generate the :ref:`release notes <release_notes>`.
-- Execute ``python tools/new_release.py``.
+- Commit changes.
+- Execute ``python tools/new_release.py``. To generate a release candidate, use cli arg ``--rc``.
 - Push the new version/tag: ``git push vX.Y.Z``.
+- Bump version in ``vunit/about.py``.
+- Commit changes.
 
 Travic CI makes a release by uploading a new package to PyPI when a tag
 named ``vX.Y.Z`` is found in Git. A new release will not be made if:

tools/new_release.py

@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ def tag_release(ver):
     check_output([
         'git',
         'tag',
-        '"v' + ver + '" -a -m "Generated tag from TravisCI for release ' + ver + '"'
+        'v%s' % ver,
+        '-a',
+        '-m',
+        'release %s' % ver,
     ])
 
 
@@ -67,31 +70,26 @@ def check_release(ver):
               % (ver, ver))
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    if ver.endswith("rc0"):
-        print("Not releasing version %s since it ends with rc0" % ver)
-        sys.exit(1)
-
     with urlopen('https://pypi.python.org/pypi/vunit_hdl/json') as fptr:
         info = json.load(fptr)
 
     if ver in info["releases"].keys():
         print("Version %s has already been released" % ver)
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    check_output([
-        'sed',
-        '-i',
-        '"s/PRE_RELEASE = True/PRE_RELEASE = False/"',
-        'vunit/about.py'
-    ])
-
-    print("Releasing new version: %s" % ver)
-
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if '--rc' not in sys.argv:
+        check_output([
+            'sed',
+            '-i',
+            's/PRE_RELEASE = True/PRE_RELEASE = False/',
+            'vunit/about.py'
+        ])
+
     VER = get_local_version()
 
-    if sys.argv[1] == 'check':
+    if '--check' in sys.argv:
         check_release(VER)
-
-    tag_release(VER)
+    else:
+        tag_release(VER)

vunit/about.py

@@ -70,5 +70,4 @@ def version():
 
 VERSION = (4, 1, 0)
 
-# DO NOT TOUCH: Only set to False by PyPI deployment script
-PRE_RELEASE = True
+PRE_RELEASE = False