From 89f15060924dabb99615edff6e7e41659a1e8d1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:38:00 -0500
Subject: Updating GitHub should happen sooner than bumping the version number

---
 howto.txt | 18 ++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/howto.txt b/howto.txt
index c4fa9901..1c2ee371 100644
--- a/howto.txt
+++ b/howto.txt
@@ -63,18 +63,9 @@
         - $ make kit_upload
 - Tag the tree
     - git tag coverage-3.0.1
-    - git push
     - git push --tags
 - Update Tidelift:
     - make upload_relnotes
-- Bump version:
-    - coverage/version.py
-        - increment version number
-        - IF NOT PRE-RELEASE:
-            - set to alpha-0 if just released
-    - CHANGES.rst
-        - add an "Unreleased" section to the top.
-- push git changes
 - Update nedbatchelder.com
     - Blog post?
 - Update readthedocs
@@ -87,8 +78,15 @@
         - visit https://readthedocs.org/dashboard/coverage/advanced/
         - change the default version to the new version
 - Visit the fixed issues on GitHub and mention the version it was fixed in.
-- Announce on coveragepy-announce@googlegroups.com .
 - Announce on TIP.
+- Bump version:
+    - coverage/version.py
+        - increment version number
+        - IF NOT PRE-RELEASE:
+            - set to alpha-0 if just released
+    - CHANGES.rst
+        - add an "Unreleased" section to the top.
+- push git changes
 
 
 * Testing
-- 
cgit v1.2.1