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New Ghidra Release Update Checklist

Eric Kilmer edited this page 2025-07-09 15:53:53 -04:00

The following tasks should be performed when upstream makes a new release. Patch versions usually don't change a lot, but major versions do

1. Update version numbers and tag/sha in src/setup-ghidra-source.cmake

   • ghidra_version
   • ghidra_head_version (found in Ghidra's application.properties file)
   • ghidra_head_git_tag

2. Update patches

   # Example workflow
   cd src/ghidra-stable
   git checkout Ghidra_xx.yy.zz_build
   git am -3 ../patches/HEAD/*.patch
   # ... Fix conflicts
   rm ../patches/stable/*
   git format-patch -o ../patches/stable --ignore-space-at-eol Ghidra_xx.yy.zz_build..HEAD
   

3. Update sleigh specs

   • spec_files_stable.cmake (Might be able to copy from respective HEAD file)

4. Update source files that may use sleigh_RELEASE_IS_HEAD macro

5. Update CMake files that may use sleigh_RELEASE_IS_HEAD macro

6. Reset PACKAGE_VERSION to 1 in cmake/packaging.cmake