pushd $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX
# make up a release name based on the version number.
local new_release="release-${new_version}"
+
+ echo "About to create the release called '$new_release' as a branch"
+ echo "on the git repository -- please hit Enter."
+ read line
+
+ # make sure we're working on the dev branch, since that's where our releases come from.
+ git checkout dev
+ exit_on_error checking out the dev branch
+
+ # inflate all the git branches we might need, getting all their latest.
+ rpuffer
+ exit_on_error running rpuffer on the dev branch to update it
+
# make a new branch for the release based on the dev branch.
-echo about to git checkout--hit enter
-read line
git checkout -b $new_release dev
exit_on_error checking out a new branch called $new_release
+
# bump feisty meow version.
bash ./scripts/generator/next_version.sh
exit_on_error bumping version for feisty meow codebase
+
# check in the changes in the new release branch, which now includes a revised version.
-echo about to commit--hit enter
-read line
+#echo about to commit--hit enter
+#read line
git commit -a
exit_on_error committing all changes
# not sure if we really need to check in the release branch as a remote, but we like to see it in the list.
-echo about to push new release branch--hit enter
-read line
+#echo about to push new release branch--hit enter
+#read line
git push --set-upstream origin "$new_release"
# grab out the master branch as the active one.
-echo about to check out master--hit enter
-read line
+#echo about to check out master--hit enter
+#read line
git checkout master
exit_on_error checking out master branch
+
+ rpuffer
+ exit_on_error running rpuffer on master branch to update it
+
# merge the master branch with the new release.
-echo about to merge--hit enter
-read line
+#echo about to merge--hit enter
+#read line
git merge --no-ff $new_release
exit_on_error merging in the new release in master
+
# let the committer see the most recent changes.
+ echo
echo "=> launching gitk to show you the full set of changes;"
- echo "=> please prepare a kick-ass commit comment."
+ echo "=> please prepare an excellent commit comment."
gitk
exit_on_error launching gitk
+
# now make a tag for the new release, which is where we should go crazy with the detailed
# and useful comments for what has changed in this release, gathered from the gitk that
# we just launched. this should include all of the work on the development branch since
# the last release...
-echo about to TAG--hit enter
-read line
+#echo about to TAG--hit enter
+#read line
git tag -a $new_version
exit_on_error tagging new version as $new_version
+
# commit the full set of changes for the master branch now, including the tags.
-echo about to commit master branch with all those changes--hit enter
-read line
+#echo about to commit master branch with all those changes--hit enter
+#read line
rcheckin .
exit_on_error checking in the changes in master branch
+
# switch back to the dev branch.
-echo switching to dev branch--hit enter
-read line
+#echo switching to dev branch--hit enter
+#read line
git checkout dev
exit_on_error checking the dev branch out again
+
# merge in the latest changes from master, which should only be the revised version really.
-echo merging in from release branch to dev--hit enter
-read line
+#echo merging in from release branch to dev--hit enter
+#read line
git merge --no-ff $new_release
exit_on_error merging the release changes into the dev branch
+#echo pushing merged dev branch up
+
+ # now update anything from our merged state in remote.
+ git push
+ exit_on_error pushing merged dev branch up
+
+ # done with the serious actions.
+ echo -e "\ncompleted the release of version $new_version\n"
+
# back to where we started.
popd
}
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make_new_feisty_meow_release "$1"
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