scripts/release/release.sh - bazel - Git at Google

 #!/bin/bash

 # Copyright 2015 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 # You may obtain a copy of the License at
 #
 #    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 #
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.

 set -eu

 # Generate the release branches and handle the release tags.

 # Name of the default editor.
 : ${EDITOR=vi}

 # Repositories to push the release branch and the release tag.
 RELEASE_REPOSITORY="git@github.com:bazelbuild/bazel"

 # Repositories to push the master branch.
 MASTER_REPOSITORY="https://bazel.googlesource.com/bazel"

 # Author of the release commits.
 RELEASE_AUTHOR="Bazel Release System <noreply@google.com>"

 # Load relnotes.sh.
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/relnotes.sh

 # Load common.sh.
 source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/common.sh

 # Editing release notes info for the user.
 RELEASE_NOTE_MESSAGE='# Editing release notes
 # Modify the release notes to make them suitable for the release.
 # Every line starting with a # will be removed as well as every
 # empty line at the start and at the end.
 '

 # Merge three release notes using branch $1 as a base.
 # Args:
 #   $1 the branch name to use to play on
 #   $2 the new generated release notes
 #   $3 the last generated release notes
 #   $4 the last edited release notes
 function __merge_release_notes() {
   local branch_name="$1"
   local relnotes="$2"
   local last_relnotes="$3"
   local last_savedrelnotes="$4"
   if [ "${last_relnotes}" == "${last_savedrelnotes}" ]; then
     echo "${relnotes}"
   else
     # Merge the three release notes using "git merge".
     git checkout -q -b "${branch_name}-merge-notes-1"
     echo "${last_relnotes}" >.relnotes
     git add .relnotes
     git commit -q -m "last_relnotes" --allow-empty

     echo "${last_savedrelnotes}" >.relnotes
     git add .relnotes
     git commit -q -m "last_savedrelnotes" --allow-empty
     git checkout -q -b "${branch_name}-merge-notes-2" HEAD~

     echo "${relnotes}" >.relnotes
     git add .relnotes
     git commit -q -m "relnotes" --allow-empty

     git merge -q --no-commit "${branch_name}-merge-notes-1" &>/dev/null || true
     cat .relnotes

     # Clean-up
     git merge --abort || true &>/dev/null
     git checkout -q "${branch_name}"
     git branch -D ${branch_name}-merge-notes-{1,2} >/dev/null
   fi
 }

 # Set the release name to $1 (and eventually the candidate number to $2).
 function __set_release_name() {
   git notes --ref=release remove 2>/dev/null || true
   git notes --ref=release-candidate remove 2>/dev/null || true
   git notes --ref=release append -m "$1"
   if [[ ! -z "${2-}" ]]; then
     git notes --ref=release-candidate append -m "$2"
   fi
 }

 # Trim empty lines at the beginning and the end of the buffer.
 function __trim_empty_lines() {
   # Replace all new line by a linefeed, then using sed, remove the leading
   # and trailing linefeeds and convert them back to newline
   tr '\n' '\f' | sed -e "s/^\f*//" -e "s/\f*$//" | tr '\f' '\n'
 }

 # Launch the editor and return the edited release notes.
 function __release_note_editor() {
   local tmpfile="$1"
   local branch_name="${2-}"

   $EDITOR ${tmpfile} || {
     echo "Editor failed, cancelling release creation..." >&2
     return 1
   }

   # Strip the release notes.
   local relnotes="$(cat ${tmpfile} | grep -v '^#' | __trim_empty_lines)"
   if [ -z "${relnotes}" ]; then
     echo "Release notes are empty, cancelling release creation..." >&2
     return 1
   fi

   echo "${relnotes}" > "${tmpfile}"
 }

 # Create the release commit by changing the CHANGELOG file
 function __create_release_commit() {
   local infos=$(generate_release_message "${1}" HEAD '```')
   local changelog_path="$PWD/CHANGELOG.md"

   # Get the CHANGELOG.md from master to avoid missing release notes from release
   # that were in-between.
   git checkout master CHANGELOG.md

   # CHANGELOG.md
   local tmpfile="$(mktemp --tmpdir relnotes-XXXXXXXX)"
   {
     echo -n "## ${infos}"
     echo
     echo
     cat "${changelog_path}"
   } >> ${tmpfile}
   mv "${tmpfile}" "${changelog_path}"
   git add "${changelog_path}"

   # Commit
   infos="$(echo "${infos}" | grep -Ev '^```$')"
   git commit --no-verify -m "${infos}" --no-edit --author "${RELEASE_AUTHOR}"
 }

 function __apply_cherry_picks() {
   echo "Applying cherry-picks"
   # Apply cherry-picks
   for commit in "$@"; do
     local previous_head="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
     echo "  Cherry-picking ${commit}"
     git cherry-pick ${commit} >/dev/null || {
       echo "Failed to cherry-pick ${commit}. please resolve the conflict and exit." >&2
       echo "  Use 'git cherry-pick --abort; exit' to abort the cherry-picks." >&2
       echo "  Use 'git cherry-pick --continue; exit' to resolve the conflict." >&2
       bash
       if [ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" == "${previous_head}" ]; then
         echo "Cherry-pick aborted, aborting the whole command..." >&2
         return 1
       fi
     }
     # Add the origin of the cherry-pick in case the patch-id diverge and we cannot
     # find the original commit.
     git notes --ref=cherrypick add -f -m "${commit}"
   done
   return 0
 }

 # Find out the last release since the fork between HEAD from master.
 function __find_last_release() {
   local baseline="${1:-$(get_release_baseline "HEAD")}"
   local changes="$(git log --pretty=format:%H "${baseline}~".."${branch}")"
   for change in ${changes}; do
     if git notes --ref=release show ${change} &>/dev/null; then
       echo ${change}
       return 0
     fi
   done
 }

 # Execute the create command:
 #   Create a new release named "$1" with "$2" as the baseline commit.
 function __create_release() {
   local force_rc=
   if [[ "$1" =~ ^--force_rc=([0-9]*)$ ]]; then
     force_rc=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
     shift 1
   fi
   local release_name="$1"
   local baseline="$2"
   shift 2
   local branch_name="release-${release_name}"

   # Fetch everything from remote repositories to avoid conflicts
   git fetch -f "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}"
   git fetch -f "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" 'refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*'

   local last_release="$(git rev-parse --verify "${branch_name}" 2>/dev/null || true)"
   echo "Creating new release branch ${branch_name} for release ${release_name}"
   git checkout -B ${branch_name} ${baseline}

   __apply_cherry_picks $@ || {
     git checkout master
     git branch -D ${branch_name}
     exit 1
   }

   __setup_git_notes "${force_rc}" "${release_name}" "${last_release}" || {
     git checkout master
     git branch -D ${branch_name}
     exit 1
   }

   echo "Created $(get_full_release_name) on branch ${branch_name}."
 }

 # Setup the git notes for a release.
 # It looks in the history since the merge base with master to find
 # the latest release candidate and create the git notes for:
 #   the release name (ref=release)
 #   the release candidate number (ref=release-candidate)
 #   the release notes (ref=release-notes)
 # Args:
 #   $1: set to a number to force the release candidate number (default
 #       is taken by increasing the previous release candidate number).
 #   $2: (optional) Specify the release name (default is taken by the
 #       last release candidate or the branch name, e.g. if the branch
 #       name is release-v1, then the name will be 'v1').
 #   $3: (optional) Specify the commit for last release.
 function __setup_git_notes() {
   local force_rc="$1"
   local branch_name="$(git_get_branch)"

   # Figure out where we are in release: find the rc, the baseline, cherrypicks
   # and release name.
   local rc=${force_rc:-1}
   local baseline="$(get_release_baseline "HEAD")"
   local cherrypicks="$(get_cherrypicks "HEAD" "${baseline}")"
   local last_release="${3-$(__find_last_release "${baseline}")}"
   local release_name="${2-}"
   if [ -n "${last_release}" ]; then
     if [ -z "${force_rc}" ]; then
       rc=$(($(get_release_candidate "${last_release}")+1))
     fi
     if [ -z "${release_name}" ]; then
       release_name="$(get_release_name "${last_release}")"
     fi
   elif [ -z "${release_name}" ]; then
     if [[ "${branch_name}" =~ ^release-(.*)$ ]]; then
       release_name="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
     else
       echo "Cannot determine the release name." >&2
       echo "Please create a release branch with the name release-<name>." >&2
       return 1
     fi
   fi

   # Edit the release notes
   local tmpfile=$(mktemp --tmpdir relnotes-XXXXXXXX)
   trap "rm -f ${tmpfile}" EXIT

   echo "Creating release notes"

   # Save the changelog so we compute the relnotes against HEAD.
   git show master:CHANGELOG.md > "${tmpfile}"

   # Compute the new release notes
   local relnotes="$(create_release_notes "${tmpfile}" "${baseline}" ${cherrypicks})"

   # Try to merge the release notes if there was a previous release
   if [ -n "${last_release}" ]; then
     # Compute the previous release notes
     local last_baseline="$(get_release_baseline "${last_release}")"
     git checkout -q "${last_release}"
     local last_relnotes="$(create_release_notes "${tmpfile}")"
     git checkout -q "${branch_name}"
     local last_savedrelnotes="$(get_release_notes "${last_release}")"
     relnotes="$(__merge_release_notes "${branch_name}" "${relnotes}" \
       "${last_relnotes}" "${last_savedrelnotes}")"
   fi

   echo "${RELEASE_NOTE_MESSAGE}" > "${tmpfile}"
   echo "# $(get_release_title "${release_name}rc${rc}")" >> "${tmpfile}"
   echo >> "${tmpfile}"
   echo "${relnotes}" >> "${tmpfile}"

   __release_note_editor "${tmpfile}" "${branch_name}" || return 1
   relnotes="$(cat ${tmpfile})"

   # Add the git notes.
   git notes --ref=release add -f -m "${release_name}"
   git notes --ref=release-candidate add -f -m "${rc}"
   git notes --ref=release-notes add -f -m "${relnotes}"

   # Clean-up.
   rm -f "${tmpfile}"
   trap - EXIT
 }

 # Force push a ref $2 to repo $1 if exists
 function __push_if_exists() {
   if git show-ref -q "${2}"; then
     git push -f "${1}" "+${2}"
   fi
 }

 # Push release notes refs but also a given ref
 function __push_notes_and_ref() {
   local ref="$1"
   __push_if_exists "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" "${ref}"
   __push_if_exists "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" "refs/notes/release"
   __push_if_exists "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" "refs/notes/release-candidate"
   __push_if_exists "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" "refs/notes/release-notes"
   __push_if_exists "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" "refs/notes/cherrypick"
 }

 # Push the release branch to the release repositories so a release
 # candidate can be created.
 function __push_release_candidate() {
   __push_notes_and_ref "$(get_release_branch)"
 }

 # Deletes the release branch after a release or abandoning the release
 function __cleanup_branches() {
   local tag_name=$1
   echo "Destroying the release branches for release ${tag_name}"
   git branch -D "release-${tag_name}" &>/dev/null || true
   git push -f "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" ":release-${tag_name}" &>/dev/null || true
 }

 # Releases the current release branch, creating the necessary tag,
 # destroying the release branch, updating the master's CHANGELOG.md
 # and pushing everything to GitHub.
 function __do_release() {
   local branch=$(get_release_branch)
   local tag_name=$(get_release_name)

   echo -n "You are about to release branch ${branch} in tag ${tag_name}, confirm? [y/N] "
   read answer
   if [ "$answer" = "y" ] || [ "$answer" = "Y" ]; then
     echo "Creating the release commit"
     __create_release_commit "${tag_name}"
     __set_release_name "${tag_name}"
     git notes --ref=release add -f -m "${tag_name}"
     git notes --ref=release-candidate remove || true

     echo "Creating the tag"
     git tag ${tag_name}

     echo "Cherry-picking CHANGELOG.md modification into master"
     git checkout master

     # Ensuring we are up to date for master
     git pull --rebase "$MASTER_REPOSITORY" master

     # We do not cherry-pick because we might have conflict if the baseline
     # does not contains the latest CHANGELOG.md file, so trick it.
     local changelog_path="$PWD/CHANGELOG.md"
     git show "${branch}:CHANGELOG.md" > "${changelog_path}"
     local tmpfile=$(mktemp --tmpdir relnotes-XXXXXXXX)
     trap 'rm -f ${tmpfile}' EXIT
     git_commit_msg "${branch}" > "${tmpfile}"
     git add "${changelog_path}"
     git commit --no-verify -F "${tmpfile}" --no-edit --author "${RELEASE_AUTHOR}"
     rm -f "${tmpfile}"
     trap - EXIT

     echo "Pushing the change to remote repositories"
     git push "${MASTER_REPOSITORY}" +master
     __push_notes_and_ref "refs/tags/${tag_name}"
     __cleanup_branches "${tag_name}"
   fi
 }

 # Abandon the current release, deleting the branch on the local
 # repository and on GitHub, discarding all changes
 function __abandon_release() {
   local branch_info=$(get_release_branch)
   local tag_name=$(get_release_name)
   echo -n "You are about to abandon release ${tag_name}, confirm? [y/N] "
   read answer
   if [ "$answer" = "y" ] || [ "$answer" = "Y" ]; then
     git notes --ref=release remove || true
     git notes --ref=release-candidate remove || true
     git checkout -q master >/dev/null
     __cleanup_branches ${tag_name}
   fi
 }

 function __usage() {
   cat >&2 <<EOF
 Usage: $1 command [arguments]
 Available commands are:
   - create [--force_rc=RC] RELEASE_NAME BASELINE [COMMIT1 ... COMMITN]:
       creates a new release branch for release named RELEASE_NAME,
       cutting it at the commit BASELINE and cherry-picking
       COMMIT1 ... COMMITN. The release candidate number will be
       computed from existing release branch unless --force_rc is
       specified.
   - generate-rc [--force_rc=RC]: generate a release candidate out of
       the current branch, the branch should be named "release-XXX"
       where "XXX" is the name of the release. This branch should be
       a fork of master in which some cherry-picks where taken from
       master. --force_rc can be used to override the RC number
       (by default it tries to look for latest release and increment
       the rc number).
   - push: push the current release branch to release repositories.
   - release: do the actual release of the current release branch.
   - abandon: abandon the current release branch.

 The typical workflow for the release manager is:
 1. Create the release branch using the decided name for the release
    (usually a version number). The BASELINE is generally a baseline
    that has been tested extensively including inside Google.
 2. Push to the repository and wait for the continuous integration
    to rebuild and deploy the various artifacts and send the annoucement
    mails about a new release candidate being available.
 3. If necessary, creates a new release branch with the same name to
    address return from the users and go back to 2.
 4. Either abandon or release the branch depending on if too much
    problems are reported or if the release is considered viable. The
    CI system should then rebuild from the tag and deploy the artifact
    to GitHub and sends the announcement mails about the new release.
 EOF
    exit 1
 }

 git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || {
   echo "There are pending changes in this git repository." >&2
   echo "Please commit or stash them before using that script." >&2
   exit 1
 }

 [ "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" == "$PWD" ] || {
   echo "You should run this script from the root of the git repository." >&2
   exit 1
 }

 progname=$0
 cmd=${1-}
 shift || __usage $progname

 case $cmd in
   create)
     (( $# >= 2 )) || __usage $progname
     __create_release "$@"
     ;;
   push)
     __push_release_candidate
     ;;
   release)
     __do_release
     ;;
   generate-rc)
     force_rc=
     if [[ "${1-}" =~ ^--force_rc=([0-9]*)$ ]]; then
       force_rc=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
       shift 1
     fi
     __setup_git_notes "${force_rc}"
     ;;
   abandon)
     __abandon_release
     ;;
   *)
     __usage $progname
     ;;
 esac
	#!/bin/bash

	# Copyright 2015 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
	#
	# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
	# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
	# You may obtain a copy of the License at
	#
	# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
	#
	# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
	# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
	# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
	# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
	# limitations under the License.

	set -eu

	# Generate the release branches and handle the release tags.

	# Name of the default editor.
	: ${EDITOR=vi}

	# Repositories to push the release branch and the release tag.
	RELEASE_REPOSITORY="git@github.com:bazelbuild/bazel"

	# Repositories to push the master branch.
	MASTER_REPOSITORY="https://bazel.googlesource.com/bazel"

	# Author of the release commits.
	RELEASE_AUTHOR="Bazel Release System <noreply@google.com>"

	# Load relnotes.sh.
	SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
	source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/relnotes.sh

	# Load common.sh.
	source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/common.sh

	# Editing release notes info for the user.
	RELEASE_NOTE_MESSAGE='# Editing release notes
	# Modify the release notes to make them suitable for the release.
	# Every line starting with a # will be removed as well as every
	# empty line at the start and at the end.
	'

	# Merge three release notes using branch $1 as a base.
	# Args:
	# $1 the branch name to use to play on
	# $2 the new generated release notes
	# $3 the last generated release notes
	# $4 the last edited release notes
	function __merge_release_notes() {
	local branch_name="$1"
	local relnotes="$2"
	local last_relnotes="$3"
	local last_savedrelnotes="$4"
	if [ "${last_relnotes}" == "${last_savedrelnotes}" ]; then
	echo "${relnotes}"
	else
	# Merge the three release notes using "git merge".
	git checkout -q -b "${branch_name}-merge-notes-1"
	echo "${last_relnotes}" >.relnotes
	git add .relnotes
	git commit -q -m "last_relnotes" --allow-empty

	echo "${last_savedrelnotes}" >.relnotes
	git add .relnotes
	git commit -q -m "last_savedrelnotes" --allow-empty
	git checkout -q -b "${branch_name}-merge-notes-2" HEAD~

	echo "${relnotes}" >.relnotes
	git add .relnotes
	git commit -q -m "relnotes" --allow-empty

	git merge -q --no-commit "${branch_name}-merge-notes-1" &>/dev/null \|\| true
	cat .relnotes

	# Clean-up
	git merge --abort \|\| true &>/dev/null
	git checkout -q "${branch_name}"
	git branch -D ${branch_name}-merge-notes-{1,2} >/dev/null
	fi
	}

	# Set the release name to $1 (and eventually the candidate number to $2).
	function __set_release_name() {
	git notes --ref=release remove 2>/dev/null \|\| true
	git notes --ref=release-candidate remove 2>/dev/null \|\| true
	git notes --ref=release append -m "$1"
	if [[ ! -z "${2-}" ]]; then
	git notes --ref=release-candidate append -m "$2"
	fi
	}

	# Trim empty lines at the beginning and the end of the buffer.
	function __trim_empty_lines() {
	# Replace all new line by a linefeed, then using sed, remove the leading
	# and trailing linefeeds and convert them back to newline
	tr '\n' '\f' \| sed -e "s/^\f//" -e "s/\f$//" \| tr '\f' '\n'
	}

	# Launch the editor and return the edited release notes.
	function __release_note_editor() {
	local tmpfile="$1"
	local branch_name="${2-}"

	$EDITOR ${tmpfile} \|\| {
	echo "Editor failed, cancelling release creation..." >&2
	return 1
	}

	# Strip the release notes.
	local relnotes="$(cat ${tmpfile} \| grep -v '^#' \| __trim_empty_lines)"
	if [ -z "${relnotes}" ]; then
	echo "Release notes are empty, cancelling release creation..." >&2
	return 1
	fi

	echo "${relnotes}" > "${tmpfile}"
	}

	# Create the release commit by changing the CHANGELOG file
	function __create_release_commit() {
	local infos=$(generate_release_message "${1}" HEAD '```')
	local changelog_path="$PWD/CHANGELOG.md"

	# Get the CHANGELOG.md from master to avoid missing release notes from release
	# that were in-between.
	git checkout master CHANGELOG.md

	# CHANGELOG.md
	local tmpfile="$(mktemp --tmpdir relnotes-XXXXXXXX)"
	{
	echo -n "## ${infos}"
	echo
	echo
	cat "${changelog_path}"
	} >> ${tmpfile}
	mv "${tmpfile}" "${changelog_path}"
	git add "${changelog_path}"

	# Commit
	infos="$(echo "${infos}" \| grep -Ev '^```$')"
	git commit --no-verify -m "${infos}" --no-edit --author "${RELEASE_AUTHOR}"
	}

	function __apply_cherry_picks() {
	echo "Applying cherry-picks"
	# Apply cherry-picks
	for commit in "$@"; do
	local previous_head="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
	echo " Cherry-picking ${commit}"
	git cherry-pick ${commit} >/dev/null \|\| {
	echo "Failed to cherry-pick ${commit}. please resolve the conflict and exit." >&2
	echo " Use 'git cherry-pick --abort; exit' to abort the cherry-picks." >&2
	echo " Use 'git cherry-pick --continue; exit' to resolve the conflict." >&2
	bash
	if [ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" == "${previous_head}" ]; then
	echo "Cherry-pick aborted, aborting the whole command..." >&2
	return 1
	fi
	}
	# Add the origin of the cherry-pick in case the patch-id diverge and we cannot
	# find the original commit.
	git notes --ref=cherrypick add -f -m "${commit}"
	done
	return 0
	}

	# Find out the last release since the fork between HEAD from master.
	function __find_last_release() {
	local baseline="${1:-$(get_release_baseline "HEAD")}"
	local changes="$(git log --pretty=format:%H "${baseline}~".."${branch}")"
	for change in ${changes}; do
	if git notes --ref=release show ${change} &>/dev/null; then
	echo ${change}
	return 0
	fi
	done
	}

	# Execute the create command:
	# Create a new release named "$1" with "$2" as the baseline commit.
	function __create_release() {
	local force_rc=
	if [[ "$1" =~ ^--force_rc=([0-9]*)$ ]]; then
	force_rc=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
	shift 1
	fi
	local release_name="$1"
	local baseline="$2"
	shift 2
	local branch_name="release-${release_name}"

	# Fetch everything from remote repositories to avoid conflicts
	git fetch -f "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}"
	git fetch -f "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" 'refs/notes/:refs/notes/'

	local last_release="$(git rev-parse --verify "${branch_name}" 2>/dev/null \|\| true)"
	echo "Creating new release branch ${branch_name} for release ${release_name}"
	git checkout -B ${branch_name} ${baseline}

	__apply_cherry_picks $@ \|\| {
	git checkout master
	git branch -D ${branch_name}
	exit 1
	}

	__setup_git_notes "${force_rc}" "${release_name}" "${last_release}" \|\| {
	git checkout master
	git branch -D ${branch_name}
	exit 1
	}

	echo "Created $(get_full_release_name) on branch ${branch_name}."
	}

	# Setup the git notes for a release.
	# It looks in the history since the merge base with master to find
	# the latest release candidate and create the git notes for:
	# the release name (ref=release)
	# the release candidate number (ref=release-candidate)
	# the release notes (ref=release-notes)
	# Args:
	# $1: set to a number to force the release candidate number (default
	# is taken by increasing the previous release candidate number).
	# $2: (optional) Specify the release name (default is taken by the
	# last release candidate or the branch name, e.g. if the branch
	# name is release-v1, then the name will be 'v1').
	# $3: (optional) Specify the commit for last release.
	function __setup_git_notes() {
	local force_rc="$1"
	local branch_name="$(git_get_branch)"

	# Figure out where we are in release: find the rc, the baseline, cherrypicks
	# and release name.
	local rc=${force_rc:-1}
	local baseline="$(get_release_baseline "HEAD")"
	local cherrypicks="$(get_cherrypicks "HEAD" "${baseline}")"
	local last_release="${3-$(__find_last_release "${baseline}")}"
	local release_name="${2-}"
	if [ -n "${last_release}" ]; then
	if [ -z "${force_rc}" ]; then
	rc=$(($(get_release_candidate "${last_release}")+1))
	fi
	if [ -z "${release_name}" ]; then
	release_name="$(get_release_name "${last_release}")"
	fi
	elif [ -z "${release_name}" ]; then
	if [[ "${branch_name}" =~ ^release-(.*)$ ]]; then
	release_name="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
	else
	echo "Cannot determine the release name." >&2
	echo "Please create a release branch with the name release-<name>." >&2
	return 1
	fi
	fi

	# Edit the release notes
	local tmpfile=$(mktemp --tmpdir relnotes-XXXXXXXX)
	trap "rm -f ${tmpfile}" EXIT

	echo "Creating release notes"

	# Save the changelog so we compute the relnotes against HEAD.
	git show master:CHANGELOG.md > "${tmpfile}"

	# Compute the new release notes
	local relnotes="$(create_release_notes "${tmpfile}" "${baseline}" ${cherrypicks})"

	# Try to merge the release notes if there was a previous release
	if [ -n "${last_release}" ]; then
	# Compute the previous release notes
	local last_baseline="$(get_release_baseline "${last_release}")"
	git checkout -q "${last_release}"
	local last_relnotes="$(create_release_notes "${tmpfile}")"
	git checkout -q "${branch_name}"
	local last_savedrelnotes="$(get_release_notes "${last_release}")"
	relnotes="$(__merge_release_notes "${branch_name}" "${relnotes}" \
	"${last_relnotes}" "${last_savedrelnotes}")"
	fi

	echo "${RELEASE_NOTE_MESSAGE}" > "${tmpfile}"
	echo "# $(get_release_title "${release_name}rc${rc}")" >> "${tmpfile}"
	echo >> "${tmpfile}"
	echo "${relnotes}" >> "${tmpfile}"

	__release_note_editor "${tmpfile}" "${branch_name}" \|\| return 1
	relnotes="$(cat ${tmpfile})"

	# Add the git notes.
	git notes --ref=release add -f -m "${release_name}"
	git notes --ref=release-candidate add -f -m "${rc}"
	git notes --ref=release-notes add -f -m "${relnotes}"

	# Clean-up.
	rm -f "${tmpfile}"
	trap - EXIT
	}

	# Force push a ref $2 to repo $1 if exists
	function __push_if_exists() {
	if git show-ref -q "${2}"; then
	git push -f "${1}" "+${2}"
	fi
	}

	# Push release notes refs but also a given ref
	function __push_notes_and_ref() {
	local ref="$1"
	__push_if_exists "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" "${ref}"
	__push_if_exists "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" "refs/notes/release"
	__push_if_exists "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" "refs/notes/release-candidate"
	__push_if_exists "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" "refs/notes/release-notes"
	__push_if_exists "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" "refs/notes/cherrypick"
	}

	# Push the release branch to the release repositories so a release
	# candidate can be created.
	function __push_release_candidate() {
	__push_notes_and_ref "$(get_release_branch)"
	}

	# Deletes the release branch after a release or abandoning the release
	function __cleanup_branches() {
	local tag_name=$1
	echo "Destroying the release branches for release ${tag_name}"
	git branch -D "release-${tag_name}" &>/dev/null \|\| true
	git push -f "${RELEASE_REPOSITORY}" ":release-${tag_name}" &>/dev/null \|\| true
	}

	# Releases the current release branch, creating the necessary tag,
	# destroying the release branch, updating the master's CHANGELOG.md
	# and pushing everything to GitHub.
	function __do_release() {
	local branch=$(get_release_branch)
	local tag_name=$(get_release_name)

	echo -n "You are about to release branch ${branch} in tag ${tag_name}, confirm? [y/N] "
	read answer
	if [ "$answer" = "y" ] \|\| [ "$answer" = "Y" ]; then
	echo "Creating the release commit"
	__create_release_commit "${tag_name}"
	__set_release_name "${tag_name}"
	git notes --ref=release add -f -m "${tag_name}"
	git notes --ref=release-candidate remove \|\| true

	echo "Creating the tag"
	git tag ${tag_name}

	echo "Cherry-picking CHANGELOG.md modification into master"
	git checkout master

	# Ensuring we are up to date for master
	git pull --rebase "$MASTER_REPOSITORY" master

	# We do not cherry-pick because we might have conflict if the baseline
	# does not contains the latest CHANGELOG.md file, so trick it.
	local changelog_path="$PWD/CHANGELOG.md"
	git show "${branch}:CHANGELOG.md" > "${changelog_path}"
	local tmpfile=$(mktemp --tmpdir relnotes-XXXXXXXX)
	trap 'rm -f ${tmpfile}' EXIT
	git_commit_msg "${branch}" > "${tmpfile}"
	git add "${changelog_path}"
	git commit --no-verify -F "${tmpfile}" --no-edit --author "${RELEASE_AUTHOR}"
	rm -f "${tmpfile}"
	trap - EXIT

	echo "Pushing the change to remote repositories"
	git push "${MASTER_REPOSITORY}" +master
	__push_notes_and_ref "refs/tags/${tag_name}"
	__cleanup_branches "${tag_name}"
	fi
	}

	# Abandon the current release, deleting the branch on the local
	# repository and on GitHub, discarding all changes
	function __abandon_release() {
	local branch_info=$(get_release_branch)
	local tag_name=$(get_release_name)
	echo -n "You are about to abandon release ${tag_name}, confirm? [y/N] "
	read answer
	if [ "$answer" = "y" ] \|\| [ "$answer" = "Y" ]; then
	git notes --ref=release remove \|\| true
	git notes --ref=release-candidate remove \|\| true
	git checkout -q master >/dev/null
	__cleanup_branches ${tag_name}
	fi
	}

	function __usage() {
	cat >&2 <<EOF
	Usage: $1 command [arguments]
	Available commands are:
	- create [--force_rc=RC] RELEASE_NAME BASELINE [COMMIT1 ... COMMITN]:
	creates a new release branch for release named RELEASE_NAME,
	cutting it at the commit BASELINE and cherry-picking
	COMMIT1 ... COMMITN. The release candidate number will be
	computed from existing release branch unless --force_rc is
	specified.
	- generate-rc [--force_rc=RC]: generate a release candidate out of
	the current branch, the branch should be named "release-XXX"
	where "XXX" is the name of the release. This branch should be
	a fork of master in which some cherry-picks where taken from
	master. --force_rc can be used to override the RC number
	(by default it tries to look for latest release and increment
	the rc number).
	- push: push the current release branch to release repositories.
	- release: do the actual release of the current release branch.
	- abandon: abandon the current release branch.

	The typical workflow for the release manager is:
	1. Create the release branch using the decided name for the release
	(usually a version number). The BASELINE is generally a baseline
	that has been tested extensively including inside Google.
	2. Push to the repository and wait for the continuous integration
	to rebuild and deploy the various artifacts and send the annoucement
	mails about a new release candidate being available.
	3. If necessary, creates a new release branch with the same name to
	address return from the users and go back to 2.
	4. Either abandon or release the branch depending on if too much
	problems are reported or if the release is considered viable. The
	CI system should then rebuild from the tag and deploy the artifact
	to GitHub and sends the announcement mails about the new release.
	EOF
	exit 1
	}

	git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- \|\| {
	echo "There are pending changes in this git repository." >&2
	echo "Please commit or stash them before using that script." >&2
	exit 1
	}

	[ "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" == "$PWD" ] \|\| {
	echo "You should run this script from the root of the git repository." >&2
	exit 1
	}

	progname=$0
	cmd=${1-}
	shift \|\| __usage $progname

	case $cmd in
	create)
	(( $# >= 2 )) \|\| __usage $progname
	__create_release "$@"
	;;
	push)
	__push_release_candidate
	;;
	release)
	__do_release
	;;
	generate-rc)
	force_rc=
	if [[ "${1-}" =~ ^--force_rc=([0-9]*)$ ]]; then
	force_rc=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
	shift 1
	fi
	__setup_git_notes "${force_rc}"
	;;
	abandon)
	__abandon_release
	;;
	*)
	__usage $progname
	;;
	esac