A quick versioning script for video.js that un-ignores the dist directory, commits a release, and then cleans up the dist directory afterwards.

version.sh

#! /bin/sh

# stop immediately if any errors are encountered
set -o errexit

if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: version.sh [<newversion> | major | minor | patch | build]"
    exit 1
fi

# build everything
grunt

# temporarily add the dist/ directory to source control
sed -i.dev 's$dist/\*$$' .gitignore
git add .gitignore
git add dist

# committing the new version
git commit -m "Adding distribution files for release"
npm version $1

# clean up
git rm -r dist
mv .gitignore.dev .gitignore
git add .gitignore
git commit -m "Cleaning up distribution files after release"