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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Bump the version and cut a release.  Can't be called release.sh because
+# that would conflict with the make release rule in the makefile.
+#
+
+VER=$1
+
+set -e
+set +x
+
+if [ -z "$VER" ]; then
+   echo "usage: $0 version" >&2
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+sed -i "s/version =.*,/version = $VER,/" setup.py
+git add setup.py
+git commit -m "bump version to v$VER"
+
+git tag -s "v$VER" -m "nvmetcli release v$VER"
+
+make release
+(cd dist && gpg --armor --detach-sign nvmetcli-$VER.tar.gz)