This is a script to release a new debian package using gitbuildpackage

release-debian-package.sh

# This is a script to release a new debian package using gitbuildpackage
# Replace <author name> and <author email> with the author data, <gnupg key> with your signing gpg key and <version> with the new version of the package, including the debian revision (ex. 2.0.1-1)

export DEBFULLNAME="<author name>"
export DEBEMAIL="<author email>"
git config --global user.name "<author name>"
git config --global user.email "<author email>"

git add --all .
git commit -a

export PKGNAME=$(dpkg-parsechangelog | grep-dctrl -esSource . | awk -F' ' '{print $2}')
export VERSION=<version>
export ORIGVER=$( echo $VERSION | sed 's/-.*//g' )

gbp dch --new-version="$VERSION" --release --auto --id-length=7 --full --commit --git-author 

tar --anchored --exclude-vcs --exclude "./debian" --exclude "./.sublime" -cvzf ../$( echo $PKGNAME"_"$ORIGVER ).orig.tar.gz --directory=$(pwd) ./
gbp buildpackage -k<gnupg key> -tc --git-tag --git-retag