Added release scripts
diff --git a/release.bash b/release.bash
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Prints help text
+function usage() {
+ cat << END
+
+ Usage: $progname [--channel CHANNEL]
+
+ optional arguments:
+ -h, --help show this help message and exit
+ -c, --channel indicates the channel of the release. Can be "beta" or "stable".
+
+END
+}
+
+# Get options
+opts=$(getopt -l "help,channel:" -o "hc:" -n "$progname" -- "$@")
+eval set -- "$opts"
+
+channel=stable
+
+while true; do
+ case "$1" in
+ -h | --help ) usage; exit; ;;
+ -c | --channel ) channel="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+ * ) break ;;
+ esac
+done
+
+if [[ $channel != "stable" && $channel != "beta" ]]; then
+ echo "channel parameter value is incorrect."
+ usage
+ exit
+fi
+
+echo "Started building release..."
+
+if [[ $channel == "beta" ]]; then
+ # Change manifest.json to label the release as beta
+ sed -i 's/"name": "[^"]*"/"name": "__MSG_appNameBeta__"/' src/manifest.json
+ sed -i -r 's/"version": "([^"]*)",/"version": "\1",\n "version_name": "\1-beta",/' src/manifest.json
+fi
+
+# Create ZIP file for upload to the Chrome Web Store
+mkdir -p out
+rm -rf out/infinitegforums-$channel.zip
+zip -rq out/infinitegforums-$channel.zip src -x *.git*
+
+if [[ $channel == "beta" ]]; then
+ # Revert manifest.json changes
+ sed -i 's/"name": "[^"]*"/"name": "__MSG_appName__"/' src/manifest.json
+ sed -i '/"version_name"/d' src/manifest.json
+fi
+
+echo "Done!"