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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+'use strict'
+
+const semver = require('semver')
+const utils = require('../lib/utils')
+const exec = require('child_process').execSync
+const path = require('path')
+const fs = require('fs')
+const args = process.argv.splice(2)
+const pkg = require('../package')
+const pkgPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json')
+const chalk = require('chalk')
+
+const changelogFP = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'CHANGELOG.md')
+
+if (!args.length) {
+  const s = './script/do-release.js'
+  console.error(`usage: ${s} <version> --dry-run`)
+  console.error('or')
+  console.error(`usage: ${s} <patch|minor|major> --dry-run`)
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+const dry = !!~args.indexOf('--dry-run')
+
+function info() {
+  console.log(chalk.gray.apply(null, arguments))
+}
+
+function error() {
+  console.error(chalk.red.apply(null, arguments))
+}
+
+if (dry) {
+  info('---------------------------------------------------------')
+  info('-------------------------DRY RUN-------------------------')
+  info('---------------------------------------------------------')
+  console.log()
+}
+
+function getDate() {
+  const d = new Date()
+  const year = d.getFullYear()
+  const month = utils.pad(d.getMonth() + 1)
+  const day = utils.pad(d.getDate())
+  return `${year}-${month}-${day}`
+}
+
+function getUser() {
+  try {
+    return exec('git config user.name').toString().trim()
+  } catch (err) {
+    return '@evanlucas'
+  }
+}
+
+const currentVersion = pkg.version
+const numbers = ['major', 'minor', 'patch']
+
+const cmd = args.shift()
+let version
+if (~numbers.indexOf(cmd)) {
+  version = semver.inc(currentVersion, cmd)
+} else {
+  version = cmd
+}
+
+if (!semver.valid(version)) {
+  error('Version is not valid %s', version)
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+version = version.replace('v', '')
+
+const commitTitle = `${getDate()} Version ${version} Release (Stable)`
+
+const cl = exec('changelog-maker --group --filter-release').toString()
+
+const clContents = fs.readFileSync(changelogFP, 'utf8').split('\n')
+
+const title = clContents.shift()
+
+clContents.unshift(cl.trim())
+clContents.unshift('')
+const releaseTitle = `# ${getDate()} v${version} Release, ${getUser()}`
+clContents.unshift(releaseTitle)
+clContents.unshift('')
+clContents.unshift(title)
+
+if (dry) {
+  info('   Prepending the following to the changelog:\n')
+  debug('      ', releaseTitle)
+  debug('')
+  cl.split('\n').forEach((item) => {
+    debug('      ', item)
+  })
+
+  console.log()
+  info('   Bump package.json version')
+  info(`     from: ${chalk.yellow(pkg.version)}`)
+  info(`     to:   ${chalk.magenta(version)}`)
+  console.log()
+
+  dryExec('git add package.json')
+  dryExec('git add CHANGELOG.md')
+  dryExec(`git commit -m '${commitTitle}'`)
+
+  const sha = 'aaaaaaaa'
+
+  dryExec(`git tag v${version} ${sha} -sm '${commitTitle}'`)
+} else {
+  info('   Prepending the following to the changelog:\n')
+  debug('      ', releaseTitle)
+  debug('')
+  cl.split('\n').forEach((item) => {
+    debug('      ', item)
+  })
+
+  fs.writeFileSync(changelogFP, clContents.join('\n'), 'utf8')
+
+  console.log()
+  info('   Bump package.json version')
+  info(`     from: ${chalk.yellow(pkg.version)}`)
+  info(`     to:   ${chalk.magenta(version)}`)
+  console.log()
+
+  pkg.version = version
+  fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n', 'utf8')
+
+
+  realExec('git add package.json')
+  realExec('git add CHANGELOG.md')
+  const res = realExec(`git commit -m '${commitTitle}'`).toString()
+  const matches = res.match(/\[master ([^\]]+)\]/m)
+  if (!matches || !matches[1]) {
+    error('Unable to find commit sha in', res)
+    return rollback()
+  }
+
+  const sha = matches[1]
+
+  const c = `git tag v${version} ${sha} -sm '${commitTitle}'`
+  try {
+    info('signing commit', sha)
+    realExec(c).toString()
+  } catch (err) {
+    error('failed to sign commit', err.message)
+    return rollback()
+  }
+
+  console.log(chalk.green('SUCCESS', chalk.magenta(`v${version}`)))
+}
+
+function rollback() {
+  info('rolling back commit...')
+  info(realExec('git undo && git stash').toString())
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+function dryExec(cmd) {
+  console.log(chalk.gray('   >', cmd))
+  console.log()
+}
+
+function realExec(cmd) {
+  dryExec(cmd)
+  return exec(cmd)
+}
+
+function debug() {
+  console.log(chalk.cyan.apply(null, arguments))
+}