From dd4bbedb5909d648257bfe89ee4df02ae4aefa98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:07:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Improve the test procedure.

---
 hacking.adoc | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hacking.adoc b/hacking.adoc
index 8e121d4..11a91b2 100644
--- a/hacking.adoc
+++ b/hacking.adoc
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ type switch. It can deduce the repo type by looking, so it should.
 
 4. Bump the version numbers in irkerd and irkerhook.py
 
-5. Update the NEWS file
+5. Run irkerhook.py -n and verify that the output looks sane.
 
-6. git commit -a
+6. Update the NEWS file
 
-7. make release
+7. git commit -a
+
+8. make release
 
 == Thanks where due == 
 
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