I can't take credit for the majority of this code.
I took the code from 2 separate authors that I found who posted solutions in a forum.
If you don't want to set the token for each project, you can export GITHUB_TOKEN=[YOUR TOKEN].
- Copy
gitreleaseto somewhere in your$PATH gitrelease [VERSION NUMBER] <version name>
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# Settings > Developer Settings > Personal access tokens > Generate new token
# git config --global github.token [YOUR_TOKEN]
# USAGE: ./gitrelease [VERSION_TAG] [RELEASE DESCRIPTION]
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I also made this easier for MacOS Homebrew developers, which was my primary reason for creating it.
If you export CASK=1, then the last few lines will be formatted perfectly to copy/paste into a Homebrew Cask formula.
Otherwise, the last few lines will be perfectly formatted to copy/paste into a regular Homebrew formula.
That being said, this script is not just for MacOS.
It's for anyone with who uses bash and git and wants to publish a GitHub release from the command line.