Tagging process streamlined
A tagRelease.bash script is created in order to streamline the tagging
process. Now tag messages contain a link to the changelog between
versions.
Change-Id: I14effc4e7586f5d41e5c1df5561350fbe5dc48b7
diff --git a/tagRelease.bash b/tagRelease.bash
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Tags the current git HEAD as a new version, passed via a flag.
+
+GITILES_REPO_URL="https://gerrit.avm99963.com/plugins/gitiles/infinitegforums"
+
+# Prints help text
+function usage() {
+ cat <<END
+
+ Usage: $progname --version VERSION
+
+ required arguments:
+ -v, --version the version of the new release (in the form vx)
+ which wants to be tagged.
+
+ optional arguments:
+ -h, --help show this help message and exit
+
+END
+}
+
+opts=$(getopt -l "help,version:" -o "hv:" -n "$progname" -- "$@")
+eval set -- "$opts"
+
+prevVersion=$(git describe --abbrev=0)
+nextVersion="null"
+
+while true; do
+ case "$1" in
+ -h | --help)
+ usage
+ exit
+ ;;
+ -v | --version)
+ nextVersion="$2"
+ shift 2
+ ;;
+ *) break ;;
+ esac
+done
+
+if [[ $nextVersion == "null" ]]; then
+ echo "version parameter value is incorrect." >&2
+ usage
+ exit
+fi
+
+commitMessage="Changelog: $GITILES_REPO_URL/+log/refs/tags/$prevVersion..refs/tags/$nextVersion"
+git tag -a $nextVersion -m "$commitMessage"
+
+echo "Tag created. Now run \`git push --tags\` to push the tags to the server."