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-#!/bin/bash
-# script to tag the release and commit the changes
-set -x #echo on
-
-TAG=$1 # the tag
-BRANCH=$2 # the maintenance/vXXX branch
-
-echo Tagging with ${TAG} for branch: ${BRANCH}
-
-git fetch origin
-git checkout ${BRANCH}
-
-# tag OMCompiler, OMEdit, doc, testsuite, OMNotebook
-for dir in OMCompiler OMEdit OMNotebook doc testsuite; do
-  cd $dir
-  echo Tagging ${dir} to ${TAG}
-  git checkout ${BRANCH}
-  # update common to master if it exists!
-  [ -d ./common ] && cd common && git checkout master && cd .. &&  git add common
-  git commit --allow-empty -m "${TAG}"
-  git tag -a -m "${TAG}" ${TAG}
-  git push --set-upstream origin ${BRANCH}
-  git push --tags
-  git pull
-  git fetch --tags
-  echo $PWD
-  cd ..
-done
-
-# update everything else to master!
-for dir in OMPlot OMOptim OMSimulator OMShell; do
-  cd $dir
-  echo Updating ${dir} to master
-  git checkout master
-  git pull
-  git fetch --tags
-  cd ..
-done
-
-
-# update common to master!
-cd common && git checkout master && cd ..
-git add common
-
-echo Back on $PWD
-
-# add all the submodules we need!
-git add OMCompiler OMEdit OMNotebook doc testsuite OMPlot OMOptim OMSimulator OMShell
-
-# tag the glue project
-git commit --allow-empty -m "${TAG}"
-git tag -a -m "${TAG}" ${TAG}
-git push --set-upstream origin ${BRANCH}
-git push --tags
-git pull
-git fetch --tags
-
-# check if all is fine
-echo OpenModelica glue project tag
-git describe --match "v*.*" --always
-echo OpenModelica submodule tags
-git submodule foreach "git describe --match "v*.*" --always"
-