tj.git-extras/man/git-release.md

git-release(1) -- Commit, tag and push changes to the repository
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## SYNOPSIS

`git-release` <tagname> [-r <remote>] [-m <commit info%gt;] [-c]

## DESCRIPTION

  Commits changes with message "Release <tagname>" or custom commit information, 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 information 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 &lt;<tj@vision-media.ca>&gt;
Extended by David Hartmann &lt;<dh@tsl.io>&gt;

## REPORTING BUGS

&lt;<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>&gt;

## SEE ALSO

&lt;<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>&gt;