Adding the automatic next version detection

next_version.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Get the list of tags and sort them in version order
+LATEST_TAG=$(git tag -l | sort -V | tail -n1)
+
+# Split the tag into major, minor, and patch versions
+IFS='.' read -ra ADDR <<< "$LATEST_TAG"
+MAJOR=${ADDR[0]}
+MINOR=${ADDR[1]}
+PATCH=${ADDR[2]}
+
+# Decide which part to increment based on the passed argument
+case "$1" in
+  --major)
+    MAJOR=$((MAJOR+1))
+    MINOR=0
+    PATCH=0
+    ;;
+  --minor)
+    MINOR=$((MINOR+1))
+    PATCH=0
+    ;;
+  --patch)
+    PATCH=$((PATCH+1))
+    ;;
+  *)
+    # By default increment minor version
+    MINOR=$((MINOR+1))
+    PATCH=0
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# Print the next version
+echo "$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH"

release.sh

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Display warning
 echo "WARNING: This operation will create a version tag and push to GitHub"
 
-# Ask for version input
-read -p "Version? (provide the next x.y.z semver) : " TAG
+# Get the next version
+TAG=$(./next_version.sh "$@")
 
 # Display the version
 echo "Releasing version '${TAG}'"