From bb33bb657efef38f98a780e5eb2341e34b4b9b27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:44:04 -0500
Subject: Help/dev: Add log step to 'release' branch instructions

Extend the maintainer guide with a reminder to self-review the
new ancestry of the `release` and `master` branches to ensure
that nothing unexpected was merged.
---
 Help/dev/maint.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Help/dev/maint.rst b/Help/dev/maint.rst
index bdfb3d0..ec76479 100644
--- a/Help/dev/maint.rst
+++ b/Help/dev/maint.rst
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ Merge the ``release-$ver`` branch to ``master``:
   git pull
   git merge --no-ff release-$ver
 
+Review new ancestry to ensure nothing unexpected was merged to either branch:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  git log --graph --boundary origin/master..master
+  git log --graph --boundary origin/release..release-$ver
+
 Publish both ``master`` and ``release`` simultaneously:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
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