diff --git a/scripts/release/create_minor_release_PR_commit.sh b/scripts/release/create_minor_release_PR_commit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..f33ab479fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/create_minor_release_PR_commit.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+# Folder, where we have cloned repositories' sources
+SOURCES_DIR="sources"
+
+GH_USERNAME=$(gh auth status | grep 'Logged in to' |cut -d ' ' -f 9)
+
+FORK_DIR="$GH_USERNAME-timescaledb"
+
+echo "---- Deriving the release related versions from main ----"
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+git fetch --all
+
+NEW_PATCH_VERSION="0"
+NEW_VERSION=$(head -1 version.config | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+RELEASE_BRANCH="${NEW_VERSION/%.$NEW_PATCH_VERSION/.x}"
+CURRENT_VERSION=$(tail -1 version.config | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+cd sql/updates
+
+for f in ./*
+do
+  case $f in
+    *$CURRENT_VERSION.sql) LAST_UPDATE_FILE=$f;;
+    *) true;;
+  esac
+done
+LAST_VERSION=$(echo "$LAST_UPDATE_FILE" |cut -d '-' -f 1 |cut -d '/' -f 2)
+
+echo "CURRENT_VERSION is $CURRENT_VERSION"
+#echo "LAST_UPDATE_FILE is $LAST_UPDATE_FILE"
+echo "LAST_VERSION is $LAST_VERSION"
+echo "RELEASE_BRANCH is $RELEASE_BRANCH"
+echo "NEW_VERSION is $NEW_VERSION"
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+
+
+# Derived Variables
+#RELEASE_PR_BRANCH="release-$NEW_VERSION-$RELEASE_BRANCH"
+RELEASE_PR_BRANCH="release-$NEW_VERSION"
+UPDATE_FILE="$CURRENT_VERSION--$NEW_VERSION.sql"
+DOWNGRADE_FILE="$NEW_VERSION--$CURRENT_VERSION.sql"
+LAST_UPDATE_FILE="$LAST_VERSION--$CURRENT_VERSION.sql"
+LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE="$CURRENT_VERSION--$LAST_VERSION.sql"
+
+
+echo "---- Creating release branch $RELEASE_PR_BRANCH from $RELEASE_BRANCH, on the fork ----"
+
+git checkout -b "$RELEASE_PR_BRANCH" upstream/"$RELEASE_BRANCH"
+#git checkout -b "$RELEASE_PR_BRANCH" upstream/main
+git branch
+git pull && git diff HEAD
+
+
+echo "---- Modifying version.config to the new versions ----"
+
+sed -i.bak "s/-dev//g" version.config
+rm version.config.bak
+
+
+echo "---- Creating update SQL file $UPDATE_FILE ----"
+
+cd sql/updates
+cp latest-dev.sql "$UPDATE_FILE"
+git add "$UPDATE_FILE"
+truncate -s 0 latest-dev.sql
+
+
+echo "---- Creating downgrade SQL file $DOWNGRADE_FILE ----"
+
+cp reverse-dev.sql "$DOWNGRADE_FILE"
+git add "$DOWNGRADE_FILE"
+truncate -s 0 reverse-dev.sql
+
+
+echo "---- Adding update sql file to CMakeLists.txt  ----"
+
+cd ..
+gawk -i inplace '/'$LAST_UPDATE_FILE')/ { print; print "    updates/'$UPDATE_FILE')"; next }1' CMakeLists.txt
+sed -i.bak "s/${LAST_UPDATE_FILE})/${LAST_UPDATE_FILE}/g" CMakeLists.txt
+rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+
+
+echo "---- Adding downgrade sql file to CMakeLists.txt  ----"
+
+gawk -i inplace '/  '$LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE')/ { print; print "    '$DOWNGRADE_FILE')"; next }1' CMakeLists.txt
+sed -i.bak "s/  ${LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE})/  ${LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE}/g" CMakeLists.txt
+rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+
+sed -i.bak "s/FILE reverse-dev.sql)/FILE ${DOWNGRADE_FILE})/g" CMakeLists.txt
+rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+
+
+echo "---- Creating CHANGELOG_$NEW_VERSION.md file ----"
+
+rm -f ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+./scripts/merge_changelogs.sh > ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+echo "---- Editing the CHANGELOG.md file with the contents of CHANGELOG_$NEW_VERSION.md file. ----"
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+RELEASE_NOTE_START=$(grep -n $CURRENT_VERSION CHANGELOG.md | cut -d ':' -f 1 | head -1)
+CHANGELOG_HEADER_LINES=$((RELEASE_NOTE_START - 1))
+
+mv CHANGELOG.md CHANGELOG.md.tmp
+head -n $CHANGELOG_HEADER_LINES CHANGELOG.md.tmp > CHANGELOG.md
+cat ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md >> CHANGELOG.md
+CHANGELOG_LENGTH=$(wc -l CHANGELOG.md.tmp | cut -d ' ' -f 5)
+CHANGELOG_ENTRIES=$((CHANGELOG_LENGTH-CHANGELOG_HEADER_LINES))
+tail -n "$CHANGELOG_ENTRIES" CHANGELOG.md.tmp >> CHANGELOG.md
+rm CHANGELOG.md.tmp
+
+
+echo "---- Deleting all unreleased pr_* , fix_* , ... style files, except template ones ----"
+
+cd .unreleased
+
+for f in ./*
+do
+  case $f in
+    *template.*) true;;
+    *RELEASE_NOTES*) true;;
+    *) git rm "$f";;
+  esac
+done
+
+cd ..
+
+git diff HEAD --name-only
+
+
+echo "---- Committing the Release PR to fork ----"
+
+#Remove date from the intermediate CHANGELOG file.
+
+cut -d '(' -f1 < ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md > ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md.tmp
+mv ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md.tmp ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+git commit --no-verify -a -F ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+git push origin $RELEASE_PR_BRANCH
diff --git a/scripts/release/create_minor_release_branch.sh b/scripts/release/create_minor_release_branch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..3945943395d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/create_minor_release_branch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+# Folder, where we have cloned repositories' sources
+SOURCES_DIR="sources"
+
+GH_USERNAME=$(gh auth status | grep 'Logged in to' |cut -d ' ' -f 9)
+
+FORK_DIR="$GH_USERNAME-timescaledb"
+
+echo "---- Deriving the release related versions from main ----"
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+git fetch --all
+
+NEW_PATCH_VERSION="0"
+
+NEW_VERSION=$(head -1 version.config | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+
+RELEASE_BRANCH="${NEW_VERSION/%.$NEW_PATCH_VERSION/.x}"
+
+echo "RELEASE_BRANCH is $RELEASE_BRANCH"
+echo "NEW_VERSION is $NEW_VERSION"
+
+echo "---- Creating the version branch from main ----"
+
+git fetch --all
+git checkout -b "$RELEASE_BRANCH" upstream/main
+git push upstream "$RELEASE_BRANCH":"$RELEASE_BRANCH"
+
diff --git a/scripts/release/create_release_PR_commit.sh b/scripts/release/create_release_PR_commit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..8beee72a02e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/create_release_PR_commit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+# Folder, where we have cloned repositories' sources
+SOURCES_DIR="sources"
+
+GH_USERNAME=$(gh auth status | grep 'Logged in to' |cut -d ' ' -f 9)
+
+FORK_DIR="$GH_USERNAME-timescaledb"
+
+echo "---- Deriving the release related versions from main ----"
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+git fetch --all
+
+CURRENT_VERSION=$(tail -1 version.config | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+cd sql/updates
+CURRENT_PATCH_VERSION=$(echo $CURRENT_VERSION | cut -d '.' -f 3)
+NEW_PATCH_VERSION=$((CURRENT_PATCH_VERSION + 1))
+RELEASE_BRANCH="${CURRENT_VERSION/%.$CURRENT_PATCH_VERSION/.x}"
+NEW_VERSION="${CURRENT_VERSION/%.$CURRENT_PATCH_VERSION/.$NEW_PATCH_VERSION}"
+
+for f in ./*
+do
+  case $f in
+    *$CURRENT_VERSION.sql) LAST_UPDATE_FILE=$f;;
+    *) true;;
+  esac
+done
+LAST_VERSION=$(echo "$LAST_UPDATE_FILE" |cut -d '-' -f 1 |cut -d '/' -f 2)
+
+echo "CURRENT_VERSION is $CURRENT_VERSION"
+#echo "LAST_UPDATE_FILE is $LAST_UPDATE_FILE"
+echo "LAST_VERSION is $LAST_VERSION"
+echo "RELEASE_BRANCH is $RELEASE_BRANCH"
+echo "NEW_VERSION is $NEW_VERSION"
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+
+
+# Derived Variables
+RELEASE_PR_BRANCH="release-$NEW_VERSION"
+UPDATE_FILE="$CURRENT_VERSION--$NEW_VERSION.sql"
+DOWNGRADE_FILE="$NEW_VERSION--$CURRENT_VERSION.sql"
+LAST_UPDATE_FILE="$LAST_VERSION--$CURRENT_VERSION.sql"
+LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE="$CURRENT_VERSION--$LAST_VERSION.sql"
+
+
+echo "---- Creating release branch $RELEASE_PR_BRANCH from $RELEASE_BRANCH, on the fork ----"
+
+git checkout -b "$RELEASE_PR_BRANCH" upstream/"$RELEASE_BRANCH"
+git branch
+git pull && git diff HEAD
+
+
+echo "---- Modifying version.config to the new versions ----"
+
+sed -i.bak "s/${CURRENT_VERSION}/${NEW_VERSION}/g" version.config
+sed -i.bak "s/${LAST_VERSION}/${CURRENT_VERSION}/g" version.config
+rm version.config.bak
+
+
+echo "---- Creating update SQL file $UPDATE_FILE ----"
+
+cd sql/updates
+cp latest-dev.sql "$UPDATE_FILE"
+git add "$UPDATE_FILE"
+truncate -s 0 latest-dev.sql
+
+
+echo "---- Creating downgrade SQL file $DOWNGRADE_FILE ----"
+
+touch reverse-dev.sql
+cp reverse-dev.sql "$DOWNGRADE_FILE"
+git add "$DOWNGRADE_FILE"
+truncate -s 0 reverse-dev.sql
+
+
+echo "---- Adding update sql file to CMakeLists.txt  ----"
+
+cd ..
+gawk -i inplace '/'$LAST_UPDATE_FILE')/ { print; print "    updates/'$UPDATE_FILE')"; next }1' CMakeLists.txt
+sed -i.bak "s/${LAST_UPDATE_FILE})/${LAST_UPDATE_FILE}/g" CMakeLists.txt
+rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+
+
+echo "---- Adding downgrade sql file to CMakeLists.txt  ----"
+
+gawk -i inplace '/  '$LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE')/ { print; print "    '$DOWNGRADE_FILE')"; next }1' CMakeLists.txt
+sed -i.bak "s/  ${LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE})/  ${LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE}/g" CMakeLists.txt
+rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+
+sed -i.bak "s/FILE ${LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE})/FILE ${DOWNGRADE_FILE})/g" CMakeLists.txt
+rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+
+
+echo "---- Creating CHANGELOG_$NEW_VERSION.md file ----"
+
+rm -f ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+./scripts/merge_changelogs.sh > ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+echo "---- Editing the CHANGELOG.md file with the contents of CHANGELOG_$NEW_VERSION.md file. ----"
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+RELEASE_NOTE_START=$(grep -n $CURRENT_VERSION CHANGELOG.md | cut -d ':' -f 1 | head -1)
+CHANGELOG_HEADER_LINES=$((RELEASE_NOTE_START - 1))
+
+mv CHANGELOG.md CHANGELOG.md.tmp
+head -n $CHANGELOG_HEADER_LINES CHANGELOG.md.tmp > CHANGELOG.md
+cat ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md >> CHANGELOG.md
+CHANGELOG_LENGTH=$(wc -l CHANGELOG.md.tmp | cut -d ' ' -f 5)
+CHANGELOG_ENTRIES=$((CHANGELOG_LENGTH-CHANGELOG_HEADER_LINES))
+tail -n "$CHANGELOG_ENTRIES" CHANGELOG.md.tmp >> CHANGELOG.md
+rm CHANGELOG.md.tmp
+
+
+echo "---- Deleting all unreleased pr_* , fix_* , ... style files, except template ones ----"
+
+cd .unreleased
+
+for f in ./*
+do
+  case $f in
+    *template.*) true;;
+    *RELEASE_NOTES*) true;;
+    *) git rm "$f";;
+  esac
+done
+
+cd ..
+
+git diff HEAD --name-only
+
+
+echo "---- Committing the Release PR to fork ----"
+
+#Remove date from the intermediate CHANGELOG file.
+
+cut -d '(' -f1 < ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md > ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md.tmp
+mv ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md.tmp ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+git commit --no-verify -a -F ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+git push origin $RELEASE_PR_BRANCH
diff --git a/scripts/release/ready_fork_for_commit.sh b/scripts/release/ready_fork_for_commit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..f073635bd66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/ready_fork_for_commit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+
+echo "---- Setting git user parameters as per current global git configuration ----"
+
+# GITHUB_USERNAMES
+GH_EMAIL=$(git config user.email)
+GH_FULL_USERNAME=$(git config user.name)
+GH_USERNAME=$(gh auth status | grep 'Logged in to' |cut -d ' ' -f 9)
+
+echo "GH_EMAIL is $GH_EMAIL"
+echo "GH_FULL_USERNAME is $GH_FULL_USERNAME"
+echo "GH_USERNAME is $GH_USERNAME"
+
+# Folder, where we have cloned repositories' sources
+SOURCES_DIR="sources"
+
+# Derived Variables
+FORK_DIR="$GH_USERNAME-timescaledb"
+
+echo "---- Updating fork with upstream for user $GH_USERNAME ----"
+
+gh repo sync "$GH_USERNAME/timescaledb" -b main
+
+
+echo "---- Cloning the fork to $FORK_DIR ----"
+
+cd
+cd "$SOURCES_DIR"
+rm -rf "$FORK_DIR"
+git clone git@github.com:"$GH_USERNAME"/timescaledb.git "$FORK_DIR"
+cd "$FORK_DIR"
+git branch
+git pull && git diff HEAD
+git log -n 2
+
+echo "---- Configuring the fork for commit ----"
+
+git config user.name "$GH_FULL_USERNAME"
+git config user.email "$GH_EMAIL"
+git remote add upstream git@github.com:timescale/timescaledb.git
+git config -l
+git remote -v
+
+
+echo "---- Updating tags from upstream on the fork ----"
+
+git fetch --tags upstream
+git push --tags origin main
+# Check the needed branch name here - could it be 2.14.x ?
+# git push -f --tags origin main
+