*:: Edit the top-level =CMakeLists.txt=
 *::: Set =PRE_RELEASE= to ="PRE-RELEASE-UWCS"=
 *:: =git diff= (to verify the change before you commit it)...
-*:: =git commit -a -m "updated version string for 7.0.4"=
-*:: =git push origin V7_0-branch=
 *:: Edit the top-level =CMakeLists.txt=
 *::: Set VERSION to the new version
+*:: =git commit -a -m "updated version string for 7.0.4"=
+*:: =git push origin V7_0-branch=
 
 1: Get ready to make a release branch for the manual. You should ensure that ALL of the required doc merges are done. Usually Karen (smoler@cs) takes care of this, but you should check with her to coordinate. If she's not around, there are usually 3 merges that need to happen for any development series release. For example, to release 7.1.1, assuming we've been updating the V7_0_3-branch of doc for stable series changes, you'd need to do the following before you could make a V7_1_1-branch of doc. If you're doing a stable series release, you'd only need to do the first of those merges (=V7_0_3-branch= into =V7_0-branch=) and you'd be ready to create a =V7_0_4-branch= of the manual.
 *:: =V7_0_3-branch= into =V7_0-branch= (the current 7.0 manual)