Small shell script to create GitHub releases from the command line

release

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -e
[ -z "$DEBUG" ] || set -x;

usage() {
  echo "$0 <repo> <tag> [<release name>] [-- <asset>...]" >&2;
}

if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" ]; then
  usage
  cat >&2 <<EOS

Pass the following arguments:

	* \`<repo>\`: ":user/:name" of the repository. For example, "foca/mpp".
	* \`<tag>\`: Name of the tag for this release. For example, "v1.0.0".
	* \`<release name>\`: Optional suffix for the release name.

You can pass a list of files to upload as release assets by giving them after a
\`--\` argument.

If you supply text on \`STDIN\` it will be used as the release notes.

EXAMPLES:

	$ $0 foca/mpp v1.0.0 -- pkg/*.tar.gz

	Creates a release named "mpp v1.0.0" and adds any tar.gz file in
	\`./pkg\` as an asset.

	$ $0 foca/mpp v1.0.1 "Bugfixes" -- pkg/*.tar.gz < notes.md

	Creates a release named "mpp v1.0.1: Bugfixes", adds any tar.gz
	file in \`./pkg\` as an asset, and uses the contents of \`notes.md\`
	as the release notes.

NOTE:

This uses your \`.netrc\` file to authenticate with GitHub. In order to run the
script, make sure you have **both** \`api.github.com\` and \`upload.github.com\` in
this file. For example:

machine api.github.com
  login foca
  password <an access token>
machine upload.github.com
  login foca
  password <an access token>

Generate this access token at https://github.com/settings/tokens and make sure
it has access to the \`"repo"\` scope.
EOS
  exit 1;
fi

[ -n "$2" ] || (usage; exit 1);

REPO="$1"
shift

TAG="$1"
shift

NAME="$(basename "$REPO") ${TAG}"
if [ -n "$1" -a "$1" != "--" ]; then
  NAME="${NAME}: $1";
  shift
fi

BODY=""
[ -t 0 ] || BODY=`cat`;

if [ "$1" = "--" -a "$#" -ge "2" ]; then
  shift
  ASSETS="$@"
fi

payload=$(
  jq --null-input \
     --arg tag "$TAG" \
     --arg name "$NAME" \
     --arg body "$BODY" \
     '{ tag_name: $tag, name: $name, body: $body, draft: true }'
)

response=$(
  curl --fail \
       --netrc \
       --silent \
       --location \
       --data "$payload" \
       "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/releases"
)

upload_url="$(echo "$response" | jq -r .upload_url | sed -e "s/{?name,label}//")"

for file in $ASSETS; do
  curl --netrc \
       --header "Content-Type:application/gzip" \
       --data-binary "@$file" \
       "$upload_url?name=$(basename "$file")"
done

# Copyright (c) 2016 Nicolas Sanguinetti <hi@nicolassanguinetti.info>
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Thanks for the snippet. Works great. One thing, there's a typo in the .netrc setup note. The entry for GitHub's upload API should be:

machine uploads.github.com
  login foca
  password <an access token>