- Checkout the release branch
git fetch upstream
git checkout -b release-1.12 upstream/release-1.12
- Sign tag and push to upstream repo. You will need your GPG pass phrase. Check if you have a key using
gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
git fetch upstream
git checkout -b release-1.12 upstream/release-1.12
gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
System: Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora. Might work for others as well.
As mentioned here, to update a go version you will first need to uninstall the original version.
To uninstall, delete the /usr/local/go
directory by: