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

       •   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 Hartmann <dh@tsl.io>

REPORTING BUGS

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

SEE ALSO

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

                                                  January 2016                                    GIT-RELEASE(1)