A shell script for easy tagging and clean zip packaging of a WordPress Plugin/Theme in git.

package-plugin

#!/bin/bash
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
    echo "Please enter a version number:"
    read VERSION
else
	VERSION=$1
fi

if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]] ; then
	echo "Sorry, I need a version number!"
	exit 1
fi

#check that the plugin/theme version number matches what you provided. Note if multiple root php files have a "Version" header
# line it will only grab the first it finds. Also if a theme and you have a php file in root with "Version" could cause mismatch.
HEADERVERSION=`grep -m 1 --include={*.php,style.css} "Version" * | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | awk -F' ' '{print $2}' | sed 's/[[:space:]]//g'`
if [ "$VERSION" != "$HEADERVERSION" ]; then echo "Version doesn't match the plugin/theme header. Exiting...."; exit 2; fi

#get the changelog message
echo "Enter your multiline changelog then ctrl-d on a new line when done:"
MSG=$(cat)
if [[ -z "$MSG" ]] ; then
	echo "Sorry, I need a changelog for this release!"
	exit 3
fi

#get plugin slug/name from current directory
NAME=${PWD##*/}

git tag -a $VERSION -m "$MSG"
git push origin $VERSION
git-archive-all --force-submodules --prefix $NAME/ ~/Desktop/$NAME-$VERSION.zip
echo "Tagged in bitbucket and Packaged as $NAME-$VERSION.zip on your desktop."

Hey hey.

If anyone is interested, I forked this Gist in: https://gist.github.com/igmoweb/9815ef7a612ea653dbfb

The difference is that as soon as the new tag is generated, Google Chrome is opened in the project page (so you won't need to copy the WPMU ID number and paste it in the URL or go to projects in wpmu.org, etc. ), it just saves some time and avoid mistakes.

You only need to change the BROWSER_PATH variable (it's actually a command that opens the Browser)

Cheers.