Helper script to create and possibly push annotated release tag

scripts/release-tag.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+ROOT=$(cd $(dirname "$0")/..; pwd)
+
+## Extract the full version from the top-level CMakeLists.txt
+function current_version {
+    local str
+    for v in MAJOR MINOR PATCH; do
+        ## Concatenate particular version parts
+        str+=$(sed -n "s/set(OPENSMT_VERSION_${v} \([^ )]*\))/\1/p" <"$ROOT"/CMakeLists.txt).
+    done
+    str=${str%.}
+
+    printf '%s\n' $str
+}
+
+VERSION=$(current_version)
+TAG=v${VERSION}
+git tag -a $TAG -m "Release $VERSION" || exit $?
+
+printf 'Created release tag "%s"\n' $TAG
+
+read -p 'Do you want to push the tag? [Y/n] ' choice
+[[ ${choice,} =~ ^(|y)$ ]] || exit 0
+
+git push origin refs/tags/$TAG