git flow release

Manage your release branches

Synopsis

git flow release [-h|--help]
git flow release list [-v|--verbose]
git flow release start [-F|--fetch] version [base]
git flow release finish [-F|--fetch] [-p|--push] [-k|--keep]
                  [-n|--notag] [-m MESSAGE|--message MESSAGE]
                  [-s|--sign] [-u SIGNINGKEY|--signingkey SIGNINGKEY]
                  [version]
git flow release publish [version]
git flow release track version

git flow release list - List release branches

Synopsis
git flow release list [-v|--verbose]
Description

List all existing release branches in the local repository.

Options
-h, --help Show help message and exit.
-v, --verbose Be verbose (more output).

git flow release start - Start a new release branch

Synopsis
git flow release start [-F|--fetch] version [base]
Description

Start new release version, optionally basing it on base instead of master.

Options
-h, --help Show help message and exit.
-F, --fetch Fetch from origin before performing local operation.

git flow release finish - Finish a release branch

Synopsis
git flow release finish [-F|--fetch] [-p|--push] [-k|--keep]
                  [-n|--notag] [-m MESSAGE|--message MESSAGE]
                  [-s|--sign] [-u SIGNINGKEY|--signingkey SIGNINGKEY]
                  [version]
Description

Finish an existing release branch.

Positional arguments
version:Version of the release branch to publish. Defaults to the current branch, if it is a release branch.
Options
-h, --help Show help message and exit.
-F, --fetch Fetch from origin before performing local operation.
-p, --push Push to origin after performing finish.
-k, --keep Keep branch after performing finish.
Tagging Options
-n, --notag Don’t tag this release.
-m MESSAGE, --message MESSAGE
 Use the given tag message.
-s, --sign Sign the release tag cryptographically.
-u SIGNINGKEY, --signingkey SIGNINGKEY
 Use the given GPG-key for the digital signature instead of the default git uses (implies -s).

git flow release publish - Publish a release branch to origin

Synopsis
git flow release publish [version]
Description

Publish a release branch, with the given version, on origin (or whatever is configured as remote for gitflow.)

Positional arguments
version:Version of the release branch to publish. Defaults to the current branch, if it is a release branch.
Options
-h, --help Show help message and exit.

git flow release track - Track a release branch from a remote peer

Synopsis
git flow release track version
Description

Start tracking a release branch, with the given version, from origin (or whatever is configured as remote for gitflow.)

Positional arguments
version:Version of the release branch to track.
Options
-h, --help Show help message and exit.

See also

git flow(1)

Project Homepage https://github.com/htgoebel/gitflow