release-alpha.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script to automate merging current branch into release branch and pushing

# Store the current branch name
CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
echo "Current branch: $CURRENT_BRANCH"

# Check if there are any uncommitted changes
if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
  echo "Error: You have uncommitted changes. Please commit or stash them first."
  exit 1
fi

# Get the current version from package.json
CURRENT_VERSION=$(awk -F '"' '/"version":/ {print $4}' package.json)
echo "Current version in package.json: $CURRENT_VERSION"

# Ask if the user wants to update the version
read -p "Do you want to update the version in package.json? (y/n): " UPDATE_VERSION

if [[ "$UPDATE_VERSION" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
  read -p "Enter the new version number: " NEW_VERSION

  # Ensure user provided a version number
  if [[ -z "$NEW_VERSION" ]]; then
    echo "Error: Version number cannot be empty."
    exit 1
  fi

  # Update the version in package.json using awk
  awk -v new_version="$NEW_VERSION" '{gsub(/"version": "[^"]+"/, "\"version\": \"" new_version "\"")}1' package.json >temp.json && mv temp.json package.json

  echo "Version updated to $NEW_VERSION"

  # Commit the version change
  git add package.json
  git commit -m "Bump version to $NEW_VERSION"
  echo "Version change committed"
fi

# Switch to release branch
echo "Switching to release branch..."
git checkout release || {
  echo "Failed to switch to release branch"
  exit 1
}

# Pull latest changes from release branch
echo "Pulling latest changes from release branch..."
git pull origin release || echo "Warning: Failed to pull from release branch. Continuing..."

# Merge the current branch into release
echo "Merging $CURRENT_BRANCH into release..."
git merge $CURRENT_BRANCH || {
  echo "Merge conflict occurred. Aborting merge and switching back to $CURRENT_BRANCH"
  git merge --abort
  git checkout $CURRENT_BRANCH
  exit 1
}

# Push the release branch
echo "Pushing release branch to remote..."
git push origin release || {
  echo "Failed to push release branch. Switching back to $CURRENT_BRANCH"
  git checkout $CURRENT_BRANCH
  exit 1
}

# Switch back to the original branch
echo "Switching back to $CURRENT_BRANCH..."
git checkout $CURRENT_BRANCH || echo "Warning: Failed to switch back to $CURRENT_BRANCH"

echo "Release process completed successfully!"
echo "GitHub Actions workflow should now be building and creating a release."