handy way to create npm module releases

.gitconfig

[alias]
	lasttag = describe --abbrev=0 --tags
	releasenotes = !bash -c 'git shortlog --no-merges HEAD --not $(git lasttag)'
	release = !bash -c 'echo \"%s\n\n$(git releasenotes)\" | xargs -0 npm version $0 -m'

example.sh

git release major
git release minor
git release patch

# The parameter here is the same as the parameter to `npm version`.
# This will add simple release notes as a tag annotation to your release tag.

# Details:
#
# http://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Maintaining-a-Project#Generating-a-Build-Number
# http://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Maintaining-a-Project#The-Shortlog
# https://www.npmjs.org/doc/cli/npm-version.html