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GIT-RELEASE(1)                                                  GIT-RELEASE(1)

NAME
       git-release - Commit, tag and push changes to the repository

SYNOPSIS
       git-release <tagname> [-r <remote>] [-m <commit info%gt;] [-c]

DESCRIPTION
       Commits changes with message "Release <tagname>" or custom commit
       infomation, tags with the given <tagname> and pushes the branch / tags.
       Optionally it generates a changelog (see git-changelog) and a remote
       can be defined. The order of first -c or -r does not matter.

OPTIONS
       <tagname>

       The name of the newly created tag. Also used in tag comment.

       -r <remote>

       The "remote" repository that is destination of a push operation: it is
       passed to git push.

       -m <commit info>

       use the custom commit infomation instead of the default message
       "Release <tagname>" .

       -c

       Generates or populates the changelog with all commit message since the
       last tag. For more info see git-changelog..

EXAMPLES
       o   Release commit with the given <tagname>.

           $ git release 0.1.0

       o   Release commit with the given <tagname> and custom commit message.

           $ git release 0.1.0 -m "+ powerful feature added."

       o   Release commit with the given <tagname> and push to specific
           remote.

           $ git release 0.1.0 -r github

       o   Release commit with the given <tagname> and populate changelog.

           $ git release 0.1.0 -c

       o   Release commit with the given <tagname>, populate changelog, and
           push to specific remote.

           $ git release 0.1.0 -r github -c

AUTHOR
       Written by Tj Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca> Extended by David
       Hartmann <dh@tsl.io>

REPORTING BUGS
       <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>

SEE ALSO
       <https://github.com/tj/git-extras>

                                 December 2015                  GIT-RELEASE(1)