added release.bash

Makefile

@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ distribute_docs:
 	@cp -v INSTALL.md dist/
 	@cp -vR man dist/
 
-release: .FORCE installer.sh build save distribute_docs dist/Linux-x86_64 dist/Linux-aarch64 dist/macOS-x86_64 dist/macOS-arm64 dist/Windows-x86_64 dist/Windows-arm64 dist/RaspberryPiOS-arm7 dist/Linux-armv7l
+release: .FORCE build version.go CITATION.cff man website distribute_docs dist/Linux-x86_64 dist/Linux-aarch64 dist/macOS-x86_64 dist/macOS-arm64 dist/Windows-x86_64 dist/Windows-arm64 dist/RaspberryPiOS-arm7 dist/Linux-armv7l
+	./release.bash
 
 .FORCE:

release.bash

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Generate a new draft release using jq and gh
+#
+RELEASE_TAG="v$(jq -r .version codemeta.json)"
+RELEASE_NOTES="$(jq -r .releaseNotes codemeta.json)"
+make save msg="prep for ${RELEASE_TAG}, $RELEASE_NOTES}"
+# Now generate a draft releas
+gh release create "${RELEASE_TAG}" \
+  --verify-tag --draft \
+  --notes="${RELEASE_NOTES}" \
+  dist/*.zip 
+echo "Now goto repo release and finalize draft"