inital commit, which is clearly not initial

Signed-off-by: Uncle Stretch <uncle.stretch@ghostchain.io>

scripts/release.sh

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+#!/use/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+# This script is to be run when we are happy with release candidate.
+# It accepts a single argument: version, in the format 'v1.2.3'
+
+version="$1"
+if [ -z "$version" ]; then
+	echo "No version specified, cannot continue"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! "$version" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+	echo "Version should be in the format v1.2.3"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo '[+] Checking out the release branch'
+git checkout release
+echo '[+] Pulling latest version of the release branch from github'
+git pull
+echo '[+] Attempting to merge the release-candidate branch to the release branch'
+git merge "$version"
+echo '[+] Tagging the release'
+git tag -s -m "$version" "$version"
+echo '[+] Pushing the release branch and tag to github. A new release will be created shortly'
+git push origin release
+git push origin "refs/tags/$version"