GIT-RELEASE(1)GIT-RELEASE(1)NAMEgit-release - Commit, tag and push changes to the repository
SYNOPSISgit-release <tagname> [-r <remote>] [-m <commit info%gt;] [-c]
DESCRIPTION
Commits changes with message "Release <tagname>" or custom commit info‐
mation, 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
· Release commit with the given <tagname>.
$ git release 0.1.0
· Release commit with the given <tagname> and custom commit message.
$ git release 0.1.0 -m "+ powerful feature added."
· Release commit with the given <tagname> and push to specific
remote.
$ git release 0.1.0 -r github
· Release commit with the given <tagname> and populate changelog.
$ git release 0.1.0 -c
· 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 Hart‐
mann <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)