Create a github release for an existing tag from the command line

github-release.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#create-a-release

repo=$1
tag=$2
name=$3
text=$4
token=$GH_TOKEN


generate_post_data()
{
  cat <<EOF
{
  "tag_name": "$tag",
  "name": "$name",
  "body": "$text",
  "draft": false,
  "prerelease": false
}
EOF
}

curl --data "$(generate_post_data)" "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases?access_token=$token"