diff --git a/release.py b/release.py
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+import scriptine
+from scriptine import path
+from scriptine.shell import backtick_, sh
+
+PACKAGE_NAME = 'imposm.parser'
+REMOTE_DOC_LOCATION = 'omniscale.de:domains/imposm.org/docs/imposm.parser'
+
+VERSION_FILES = [
+    ('setup.py', 'version="###"'),
+    ('doc/source/conf.py', "version = '##'"),
+    ('doc/source/conf.py', "release = '###'"),
+]
+
+def version_command():
+    print version()
+
+def prepare_command(tag=""):
+    sh('python setup.py egg_info -D -b "%s"' % tag)
+
+def version():
+    package_name = PACKAGE_NAME
+    version = backtick_('grep Version: %(package_name)s.egg-info/PKG-INFO' % locals())
+    version = version.split(':')[-1].strip()
+    return version
+
+def clean_all_command():
+    path('build/').rmtree(ignore_errors=True)
+    for pyc in path.cwd().walkfiles('*.pyc'):
+        pyc.remove()
+
+def bump_version_command(version):
+    short_version = '.'.join(version.split('.')[:2])
+    for filename, replace in VERSION_FILES:
+        if '###' in replace:
+            search_for = replace.replace('###', '[^\'"]+')
+            replace_with = replace.replace('###', version)
+        else:
+            search_for = replace.replace('##', '[^\'"]+')
+            replace_with = replace.replace('##', short_version)
+
+        search_for = search_for.replace('"', '\\"')
+        replace_with = replace_with.replace('"', '\\"')
+        sh('''perl -p -i -e "s/%(search_for)s/%(replace_with)s/" %(filename)s ''' % locals())
+
+    prepare_command()
+
+def build_docs_command():
+    sh('python setup.py build_sphinx')
+    ver = version()
+    package_name = PACKAGE_NAME
+    sh("tar -c -v -z -C build/sphinx/ -f dist/%(package_name)s-docs-%(ver)s.tar.gz -s "
+       "'/^html/%(package_name)s-docs-%(ver)s/' html"
+        % locals())
+
+def upload_docs_command():
+    ver = version()
+    remote_doc_location = REMOTE_DOC_LOCATION
+    sh('rsync -a -v -P -z build/sphinx/html/ %(remote_doc_location)s/%(ver)s' % locals())
+
+def build_sdist_command():
+    sh('python setup.py egg_info -b "" -D sdist')
+
+def upload_sdist_command():
+    sh('python setup.py egg_info -b "" -D sdist')
+    ver = version()
+    remote_rel_location = REMOTE_REL_LOCATION
+    sh('scp dist/imposm.parser-%(ver)s.* %(remote_rel_location)s' % locals())
+
+def upload_final_sdist_command():
+    sh('python setup.py egg_info -b "" -D sdist upload')
+
+def link_latest_command(ver=None):
+    if ver is None:
+        ver = version()
+    host, path = REMOTE_DOC_LOCATION.split(':')
+    sh('ssh %(host)s "cd %(path)s && rm latest && ln -s %(ver)s latest"' % locals())
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    scriptine.run()