post_release.py

# Run this script every time you make a git flow release, AFTER the release
import subprocess
import shutil
import os


if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Switch to develop branch
    subprocess.call(['git', 'checkout', 'develop'])

    # create local brand new branch
    BRANCH_NAME = 'minimal_source'
    subprocess.call(['git', 'branch', '-D', BRANCH_NAME])
    subprocess.call(['git', 'checkout', '-b', BRANCH_NAME])

    # clean
    subprocess.call(['python', 'clean.py', '-u'])
    subprocess.call(['python', 'generate_code.py', '-acu'])

    # retrieve last commit sha1
    p = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'rev-parse', 'develop'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    last_commit_str, err = p.communicate()
    return_code = p.returncode

    # commit files
    subprocess.call(['git', 'commit', '-m', 'minimal version of commit %s' % last_commit_str])
    # delete remote branch
    subprocess.call(['git', 'push', 'origin', '--delete', BRANCH_NAME])
    # create remote branch: -u = set-upstream and push
    subprocess.call(['git', 'push', '-u', 'origin', BRANCH_NAME])
   
    # Switch back to develop
    # but first we need to commit all unstage files to make it work properly
    subprocess.call(['git', 'add', '--all'])
    subprocess.call(['git', 'commit', '-m', '"fake"'])
    subprocess.call(['git', 'checkout', 'develop'])