git-flow-release

#
# gitflow -- A collection of Git wrapper scripts to provide high-level
# repository operations for Vincent Driessen's branching model:
#
# Original blog post presenting this model is found at:
#    http://nvie.com/archives/323
#
# Feel free to contribute to this project at:
#    http://github.com/nvie/gitflow
#
# Copyright (c) 2010 by Vincent Driessen
# Copyright (c) 2010 by Benedikt Böhm
#

usage() {
	echo "usage: git flow start release <version>"
	echo "       git flow finish release <version>"
	# TODO
	#echo ""
	#echo "options:"
	#echo "--option    Explanation"
	#echo ""
	#echo "start-only options:"
	#echo "--bump <script>"
	#echo "            Run the given script to auto-update the version number"
	#echo ""
	#echo "finish-only options:"
	#echo "--push      Push to the origin repo when finished"
}

parse_args() {
	VERSION="$1"
	if [ "$VERSION" = "" ]; then
		echo "Missing argument <version>."
		usage
		exit 1
	fi
	BRANCH=release/$VERSION
}

cmd_help() {
	usage
	exit 0
}

cmd_start() {
	parse_args "$@"

	# sanity checks
	gitflow_check_clean_working_tree
	git fetch origin
	gitflow_require_branches_equal develop origin/develop
	gitflow_require_branch_absent $BRANCH

	# create branch
	git checkout -b $BRANCH develop

	echo
	echo "Summary of actions:"
	echo "- A new branch '$BRANCH' was created, based on 'develop'"
	echo "- You are now on branch '$BRANCH'"
	echo
	echo "Follow-up actions:"
	echo "- Bump the version number now!"
	echo "- Start committing last-minute fixes in preparing your release"
	echo "- When done, run:"
	echo
	echo "     git flow finish release '$VERSION'"
	echo
}

cmd_finish() {
	parse_args "$@"

	# sanity checks
	gitflow_check_clean_working_tree
	git fetch origin
	gitflow_require_branches_equal master origin/master
	gitflow_require_branches_equal develop origin/develop

	# merge into master
	git checkout master
	git merge --no-ff $BRANCH
	git tag v$VERSION

	# merge into develop
	git checkout develop
	git merge --no-ff $BRANCH

	# delete branch
	git branch -d $BRANCH

	# TODO: Implement an optional push to master
	# git push origin develop; git push origin master; git push --tags origin

	echo
	echo "Summary of actions:"
	echo "- Latest objects have been fetched from 'origin'"
	echo "- Release branch has been merged into 'master'"
	echo "- The release was tagged 'v$VERSION'"
	echo "- Release branch has been back-merged into 'develop'"
	echo "- Release branch '$BRANCH' has been deleted"
	echo
}