improve release process

Makefile

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ build: hooks  ## build and lint misspell
 test:  ## run all tests
 	go test .
 
+# real publishing is done only by travis
+publish:  ## test goreleaser
+	./scripts/goreleaser-dryrun.sh
+
 # the grep in line 2 is to remove misspellings in the spelling dictionary
 # that trigger false positives!!
 falsepositives: /scowl-wl

RELEASE-HOWTO.md

@@ -5,22 +5,28 @@ since I forget.
 
 1. Review existing tags and pick new release number
 
-    ```bash
+    ```sh
     git tag
     ```
 
 2. Tag locally 
 
-    ```bash
+    ```sh
     git tag -a v0.1.0 -m "First release"
     ```
 
+   If things get screwed up, delete the tag with
+
+   ```sh
+   git tag -d v0.1.0
+   ```
+
 3. Test goreleaser
 
    TODO: how to install goreleaser
 
-   ```
-   goreleaser --skip-publish
+   ```sh
+   ./scripts/goreleaser-dryrun.sh
    ```
 
 4. Push
@@ -29,5 +35,4 @@ since I forget.
     git push origin v0.1.0
     ```
 
-5. Verify release and edit notes.   See https://github.com/client9/misspell/releases
-
+5. Verify release and edit notes. See https://github.com/client9/misspell/releases

goreleaser.yml

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ archive:
     386: 32bit
     darwin: mac
   files:
+    - none
 
 checksum:
   name_template: "{{ .ProjectName }}_{{ .Version }}_checksums.txt"

scripts/goreleaser-dryrun.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+echo "Real publishing is done by travis-ci"
+
+set -ex
+echo "TAG:= $(git tag | tail -1)"
+rm -rf ./dist
+goreleaser --skip-publish