Simple script for releasing python packages to PyPi

release.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Extract version number from setup.py
RELEASE_NUM=`grep version setup.py | cut -d\' -f2`

# Push to PyPi
python setup.py sdist upload

# Tag in Git and push to remote
git tag $RELEASE_NUM -m "Tagging release $RELEASE_NUM"
git push --tags