From 0722ea12ef3e5b298c16782c23dc925cd4117712 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Oliveira <bruno@esss.com.br>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:12:07 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Use a tox environment to update the release files

---
 HOWTORELEASE.rst     |  8 ++++----
 dev-requirements.txt |  1 -
 tox.ini              | 13 ++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 dev-requirements.txt

diff --git a/HOWTORELEASE.rst b/HOWTORELEASE.rst
index 270b18a..078c35b 100644
--- a/HOWTORELEASE.rst
+++ b/HOWTORELEASE.rst
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ To publish a new release ``X.Y.Z``, the steps are as follows:
 
 #. Create a new branch named ``release-X.Y.Z`` from the latest ``master``.
 
-#. Install ``pytest-xdist`` and dev requirements in a virtualenv::
+#. Install ``tox`` in a virtualenv::
 
-    $ pip install -e . -U -r dev-requirements.txt
+    $ pip install tox
 
-#. Update ``CHANGELOG.rst`` file by running::
+#. Update the necessary files with::
 
-    $ towncrier --version X.Y.Z --yes
+    $ tox -e release -- X.Y.Z
 
 #. Commit and push the branch for review.
 
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d2d2d7..0000000
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-towncrier
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0b69ad7..8bda1c2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -40,7 +40,18 @@ deps = readme
 skip_install = true
 commands = python setup.py check -r -s
 
+[testenv:release]
+changedir=
+decription = do a release, required posarg of the version number
+basepython = python3.6
+skipsdist = True
+usedevelop = True
+passenv = *
+deps =
+    towncrier
+commands =
+    towncrier --version {posargs} --yes
 
 [pytest]
 addopts = -rsfxX
-;; hello
+