tools/releasing/create_release_branch.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
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##############################################################
# This script is create release branch
##############################################################

RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_VERSION}

if [ -z "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ]; then
    echo "RELEASE_VERSION was not set"
    exit 1
fi

# fail immediately
set -o errexit
set -o nounset

CURR_DIR=`pwd`
BASE_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
PROJECT_ROOT="${BASE_DIR}/../../"

# Sanity check to ensure that resolved paths are valid; a LICENSE file should aways exist in project root
if [ ! -f ${PROJECT_ROOT}/LICENSE ]; then
    echo "Project root path ${PROJECT_ROOT} is not valid; script may be in the wrong directory."
    exit 1
fi

TARGET_BRANCH=release-${RELEASE_VERSION}

cd ${PROJECT_ROOT}
git checkout -b ${TARGET_BRANCH}

RELEASE_COMMIT_HASH=`git rev-parse HEAD`
echo "Created a new release branch ${TARGET_BRANCH} with commit hash ${RELEASE_COMMIT_HASH}."

cd ${CURR_DIR}