[GRASS-git] [OSGeo/grass] 444c4d: contributing: Update VERSION file using commands (...

[Vaclav Petras]

  Branch: refs/heads/main
  Home:   https://github.com/OSGeo/grass
  Commit: 444c4dd45af1da09e47c9a87a3f785082ed7ac9d
      https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/commit/444c4dd45af1da09e47c9a87a3f785082ed7ac9d
  Author: Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus at gmail.com>
  Date:   2022-04-29 (Fri, 29 Apr 2022)

  Changed paths:
    M doc/howto_release.md
    A utils/update_version.md
    A utils/update_version.py

  Log Message:
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  contributing: Update VERSION file using commands (#2331)

The script provides an action as sub-command and updates the VERSION file based on the input and the current state of the VERSION file and gives an error when the operation does not make sense with the given VERSION file content.

* Supports switch to release, rc, dev versions and updates of major, minor, and micro numbers.
* Can increase minor version by two with --dev for odd versions.
* Suggest commit message based on the current release procedure.
* General instructions on using the script included separately.
* Applied in the release procedure.
* Add Bash eval output for convenience in the release procedure.