From d05765a8f1524735260875499214f1be770a3b0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@meta.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 19:41:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] maint: post-release administrivia

* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
---
 .prev-version | 2 +-
 NEWS          | 3 +++
 cfg.mk        | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 2c07333..e4fba21 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.11
+3.12
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0beca64..64d9137 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU diffutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 3.12 (2025-04-08) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 40e451f..097a705 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ announcement_Cc_ = $(translation_project_), $(PACKAGE)-devel@gnu.org
 # Now that we have better tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = eefa9b0b34af4272f659040508d9acd0
+old_NEWS_hash = cfdcec044a361bf0e7b4e860bacc3d53
 
 # Tell maint.mk's syntax-check rules that diff gets config.h directly or
 # via diff.h or system.h.