From a4e53166697f7d97770b6da20133a3f3b5af869e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wendy Raschke <wraschke@us.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 19:08:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent temporarily changed .gitignore file from being
 committed and pushed

---
 create-new-release.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/create-new-release.sh b/create-new-release.sh
index c4d3ca7d7..f2c68d0c7 100755
--- a/create-new-release.sh
+++ b/create-new-release.sh
@@ -66,5 +66,7 @@ if [[ $(( $OLD_SHORT_VERSION % 3 )) -eq 0 ]]
 # directories can be committed and pushed.
 sed -i'.bak' -e "s/ga\/\*\/\*\/resources\/\*/#ga\/\*\/\*\/resources\/\*/g" .gitignore
 rm ./.gitignore.bak
+git restore .gitignore
 
+echo "**** Please be sure the new release's 'resources' subdirectories are commited and pushed because the vNext pipelines will fail without them. ****"
 echo "Done performing file updates.";