release.sh

Bash script to automate a tagged release with git, depending on your npm package version number

#!/bin/bash

# current Git branch
branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')

# initialize develop and master branch names
devBranch=develop
masterBranch=master

# update develop branch
git pull origin $devBranch

# make sure you're in master branch
git checkout $masterBranch
git pull origin $masterBranch

# make sure master branch is up to date
git merge $devBranch --no-ff
git push

# initiliaze version names (with and without v)
# (make sure to have "version": "echo $npm_package_version" in your package.json scripts)
versionLabel=$(npm run version --silent)
prefixedVersionLabel=v$versionLabel

# initiliaze release branch
releaseBranch=release-$versionLabel
 
# create the release branch from the master branch
git checkout -b $releaseBranch $masterBranch

# run build process (feel free to change)
npm run build

# add files to publish (feel free to change)
git add .

# commit
git commit -m "create version $versionLabel"

# create tag
git tag -a $prefixedVersionLabel -m "version $versionLabel"

# push tags
git push --tags

# switch to branch master
git checkout $masterBranch

# delete branch
git branch -D $releaseBranch