readme.md

Orphan release process:

First, assuming you have stuff built (gulp or grunt build), copy the the dist directory and temporarily store it anywhere outside of the repo

Then execute the following...

• git checkout --orphan release
• git rm --cached $(git ls-files)
• git clean -d -x -f

You should have an empty repo at this point...

Take that dist directory you put elsewhere and move it back into the now empty repo.

Then execute the following...

• git add -A
• git commit -m "{Version} release"
• git tag {Version}
• git push --tags

sample.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo moving dist to desktop...
mv ./dist ~/Desktop

echo checking out orphan release branch...
git checkout --orphan release

echo cleaning directory...
git rm --cached $(git ls-files)
git clean -d -x -f

echo moving dist back to current directory...
mv ~/Desktop/dist ./
git add -A
echo dist has been added...now you just need to commit, tag, and push

If you're publishing to npm you'll need to move the package.json file along with the dist...