Github Release Script

Problem Statement

This script tackles the following problems:

1. The manual work of creating Tags and navigation of Github UI
2. Time consuming
3. What has changed? If each release cycle is long, releaser might not remember or even know what feature was added/changed

Solution

This script provides the following features:

1. Release Note - Auto generation of Release Note based on Pull Requests made
2. Edit - Allowing Release Note to be edited before releasing
3. Markdown - Utilise markdown to make Release Note neater and readable
4. GitHub x Slack - Integration with Slack to notify team with nicely formatted Release Note

Screenshots

Few photos that demostrates the use and result of this script

1. Editor Feature - This shows 2 Pull Requests of new features since last cycle

2. The latest release updated to GitHub

3. GitHub x Slack Integration

Set Up

brew install hub
hub api # login to your github account

Usage

bin/release # simple execution

Built With

• Bash
• Hub API

Authors

Kelvin - kelvinngsl