updating release scripts

etc/make_release.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
 # Update from origin
 git fetch origin
 
@@ -8,15 +9,19 @@ git checkout master
 git pull
 git merge develop
 
+# Change this to the old and new tags
+oldtag=v2.1.6
+tagname=v2.1.7
+
 # Get the changes since last tag
 # git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD --oneline >& v2.1.0.txt
 ./etc/maketag.sh
 
 # Edit the log to add a release description
-vi v2.1.0.txt
+vi v${tagname}.txt
 
 # make a tag
-git tag -F v2.1.0.txt v2.1.0
+git tag -F v${tagname}.txt v${tagname}
 
 # push to origin!
 

etc/maketag.sh

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 git checkout master
 git merge develop
 
-oldtag=v2.1.5
-tagname=v2.1.6
+if [ -z ${oldtag+x} ]; then echo "oldtag is unset"; else echo "oldtag is set to '$oldtag'"; fi
+if [ -z ${tagname+x} ]; then echo "tagname is unset"; else echo "tagname is set to '$tagname'"; fi
 
 echo "Commit Log:" >> ${tagname}.txt