Upload release assets to Github from the command line

upload_release_assets.py

"""Upload release assets to a GitHub release

First create a release on Github, then:
    python upload_release_assets.py 1.2.0 my_data.tgz
"""
import sys
REPOSITORY="your_organization/your_repo"
with open("GITHUB_TOKEN") as f:
    TOKEN=f.read().strip()
from github import Github
g = Github(TOKEN)
repo = g.get_repo(REPOSITORY)    
release = repo.get_release(sys.argv[1])
release.upload_asset(sys.argv[2])