Merge pull request #571 from github/update-release-instructions

Add a description for GH_RELEASE_TOKEN environment variable

Author: cainejette

RELEASING.md

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Coming :soon:
 
 1. Install the Debian `devscripts` package:
   `sudo apt-get install devscripts`
-2. Run...
+2. Generate a PAT through github.com with access to the `github/backup-utils` repository. This will be used for the `GH_RELEASE_TOKEN` environment variable in the next step.
+3. Run...
   - Feature release:
   `GH_AUTHOR="Bob Smith <[email protected]>" GH_RELEASE_TOKEN=your-amazing-secure-token script/release 2.13.0 2.11.0`
   - Patch release: