Create a new release on GitHub by reading from a VERSION file.

release.sh

#!/bin/bash

##
# This script creates a new release by reading from VERSION file.
##

set -e # Exit on error
set +x # Debug mode (-x on, +x off)

version="$(cat VERSION)"
release="Release $version"

ls | grep -v build | xargs rm -Rf # remove all but build

mv build/* .

git add --all

git commit -m "$release"

git tag -a "$version" -m "$release"

git push origin releases --tags

echo "$release successful"

git reset --hard HEAD^