For releasing packages to PPA.

release.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

PROJECT=$1
PPA_ID=$2

if [ -z $PROJECT ] || [ -z $PPA_ID ]; then
  >&2 echo "usage: ./release.sh directory ppa_id"
  exit 1
fi

if [ ! -d $PROJECT ]; then
  >&2 echo "ERROR: $PROJECT does not exist"
  exit 1
fi

VERSION=`head -n1 $PROJECT/debian/changelog | cut -f 2 -d " " | cut -f 2 -d ":" | cut -f 1 -d "-"`
PROJECT_VERSION="${PROJECT}_${VERSION}"
echo "doing release of $PROJECT_VERSION"

set -x

rm -rf _build/$PROJECT
mkdir -p _build/$PROJECT/$PROJECT_VERSION

pushd $PROJECT >/dev/null
  git checkout-index -a -f --prefix="../_build/$PROJECT/$PROJECT_VERSION/"
popd >/dev/null

pushd _build/$PROJECT >/dev/null
  tar czf ${PROJECT_VERSION}.orig.tar.gz $PROJECT_VERSION
  pushd $PROJECT_VERSION >/dev/null
    debuild -S -sa
  popd >/dev/null
  dput ppa:$PPA_ID ${PROJECT}*.changes
popd >/dev/null