Shell script to create GitHub release

git-release

#!/bin/bash

MESSAGE="0"
VERSION="0"
DRAFT="false"
PRE="false"
BRANCH="master"
GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN="<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

# get repon name and owner
REPO_REMOTE=$(git config --get remote.origin.url)

if [ -z $REPO_REMOTE ]; then
	echo "Not a git repository"
	exit 1
fi

REPO_NAME=$(basename -s .git $REPO_REMOTE)
REPO_OWNER=$(git config --get user.name)

# get args
while getopts v:m:b:draft:pre: option
do
	case "${option}"
		in
		v) VERSION="$OPTARG";;
		m) MESSAGE="$OPTARG";;
		b) BRANCH="$OPTARG";;
		draft) DRAFT="true";;
		pre) PRE="true";;
	esac
done
if [ $VERSION == "0" ]; then
	echo "Usage: git-release -v <version> [-b <branch>] [-m <message>] [-draft] [-pre]"
	exit 1
fi

# set default message
if [ "$MESSAGE" == "0" ]; then
	MESSAGE=$(printf "Release of version %s" $VERSION)
fi


API_JSON=$(printf '{"tag_name": "v%s","target_commitish": "%s","name": "v%s","body": "%s","draft": %s,"prerelease": %s}' "$VERSION" "$BRANCH" "$VERSION" "$MESSAGE" "$DRAFT" "$PRE" )
API_RESPONSE_STATUS=$(curl --data "$API_JSON" -s -i https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/releases?access_token=$GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN)
echo "$API_RESPONSE_STATUS"

Script Setup

1. Move the script to some directory covered by your local $PATH variable.
2. Go to your github account and create a presonal access token, granting access to the repo scope
3. Replace <YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN> with (surprise!) your access token.

Usage
Your repository's remote origin has to be a github location. Setup and commit a .gitattributes file to exclude developer related files like sources or tests.

1. cd into the root directory of your git repo.
2. Simple: git-release -v some.version.number
3. For advanced options just type git-release

Discontinued in favor of git-release.py