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+# Building Terraform
+
+This document contains details about the process for building binaries for
+Terraform. 
+
+## Versioning
+
+As a pre-1.0 project, we use the MINOR and PATCH versions as follows:
+
+ * a `MINOR` version increment indicates a release that may contain backwards
+   incompatible changes
+ * a `PATCH` version increment indicates a release that may contain bugfixes as
+   well as additive (backwards compatible) features and enhancements
+
+## Process
+
+If only need to build binaries for the platform you're running (Windows, Linux,
+Mac OS X etc..), you can follow the instructions in the README for [Developing
+Terraform][1].
+
+The guide below outlines the steps HashiCorp takes to build the official release 
+binaries for Terraform. This process will generate a set of binaries for each supported
+platform, using the [gox](https://github.com/mitchellh/gox) tool.
+
+A Vagrant virtual machine is used to provide a consistent envirornment with
+the pre-requisite tools in place. The specifics of this VM are defined in the 
+[Vagrantfile](Vagrantfile).
+
+
+```sh
+# clone the repository if needed
+git clone https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform.git
+cd terraform
+
+# Spin up a fresh build VM
+vagrant destroy -f
+vagrant up
+vagrant ssh
+
+# The Vagrantfile installs Go and configures the $GOPATH at /opt/gopath
+# The current "terraform" directory is then sync'd into the gopath
+cd /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform/
+
+# Fetch dependencies
+make updatedeps
+
+# Verify unit tests pass
+make test
+
+# Build the release
+# This generates binaries for each platform and places them in the pkg folder
+make release
+```
+
+After running these commands, you should have binaries for all supported
+platforms in the `pkg` folder.
+
+
+[1]: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform#developing-terraform
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-# Releasing Terraform
-
-This document contains details about the Terraform release process.
-
-## Schedule
-
-Terraform currently has no fixed release schedule, the HashiCorp maintainers
-can usually give a feel for roughly when the next release is planned.
-
-## Versioning
-
-As a pre-1.0 project, we use the MINOR and PATCH versions as follows:
-
- * a `MINOR` version increment indicates a release that may contain backwards
-   incompatible changes
- * a `PATCH` version increment indicates a release that may contain bugfixes as
-   well as additive (backwards compatible) features and enhancements
-
-## Process
-
-For maintainer documentation purposes, here is the current release process:
-
-```sh
-# Spin up a fresh build VM
-vagrant destroy -f
-vagrant up
-vagrant ssh
-cd /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform/
-
-# Fetch dependencies
-make updatedeps
-
-# Verify unit tests pass
-make test
-
-# Prep release commit
-export VERSION="vX.Y.Z"
-# Edit CHANGELOG.md, adding current date to unreleased version header
-# Edit version.go, setting VersionPrelease to empty string
-
-# Snapshot dependency information
-go get github.com/tools/godep
-godep save ./...
-cp Godeps/Godeps.json deps/$(echo $VERSION | sed 's/\./-/g').json
-
-# Make and tag release commit (skipping Godeps dir)
-git add CHANGELOG.md terraform/version.go deps/
-git commit -a -m "${VERSION}"
-git tag -m "${VERSION}" "${VERSION}"
-
-# Build the release
-make release
-
-# Add Godeps for the archive
-git add Godeps
-
-# Make an archive with vendored dependencies
-stashName=$(git stash create)
-git archive -o terraform-$VERSION-src.tar.gz $stashName
-git reset --hard ${VERSION}
-
-# Zip and push release to bintray
-export BINTRAY_API_KEY="..."
-./scripts/dist "X.Y.Z" # no `v` prefix here
-
-# -- "Point of no return" --
-# -- Process can be aborted safely at any point before this --
-
-# Push the release commit and tag
-git push origin master
-git push origin vX.Y.Z
-
-# Click "publish" on the release from the Bintray Web UI
-# Upload terraform-$VERSION-src.tar.gz as a file to the GitHub release.
-
-# -- Release is complete! --
-
-# Start release branch (to be used for reproducible builds and docs updates)
-git checkout -b release/$VERSION
-git push origin release/$VERSION
-
-# Clean up master
-git checkout master
-# Set VersionPrerelease to "dev"
-# Add new CHANGELOG section for next release
-git add -A
-git commit -m "release: clean up after ${VERSION}"
-```