Merge pull request #770 from meshtastic/release-management

Adding project documentation to formalize development and release management

scripts/create-release-branch.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if the release version number is provided
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <release-version>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Set the release version number
+RELEASE_VERSION=$1
+
+# Check if the release branch already exists on the remote repository
+if git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin $RELEASE_BRANCH; then
+  echo "The branch $RELEASE_BRANCH already exists on the remote repository."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Prompt the user for confirmation
+echo "You are about to create and push the release branch ${RELEASE_VERSION}-release."
+read -p "Are you sure you want to proceed? (Y/n): " confirmation
+
+# Check the user's response
+if [[ ! "$confirmation" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+  echo "Operation cancelled."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Check out the main branch and pull the latest changes
+git checkout main
+git pull origin main
+
+# Create a new branch for the release
+RELEASE_BRANCH="${RELEASE_VERSION}-release"
+git checkout -b $RELEASE_BRANCH
+
+# Push the new release branch to the remote repository
+git push origin $RELEASE_BRANCH
+
+echo "Release branch $RELEASE_BRANCH created and pushed successfully."