github-release

github-release

Yet another Github release command line tool. This one, though, is much more minimalistic and simple.

Github command line release tool.
Usage:
  github-release <user/repo> <tag> <branch> <description> <files>

Parameters:
  <user/repo>: Github user and repository
  <tag>: Used to created the release. It is also used as the release's name
  <branch>: Reference from where to create the provided <tag>, if it does not exist
  <description>: The release description
  <files>: Glob pattern describing the list of files to include in the release
Options:
  -version: Displays version

Before using this tool make sure you set the environment variable GITHUB_TOKEN
with a valid Github token and correct authorization scopes to allow you to create releases
in your project. For more information about creating Github tokens please read the
official Github documentation at https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use/

Examples

Feel free to inspect this project's Makefile for an example on how this tool can be used to create releases like this: