Use release.mk from https://github.com/mgedmin/python-project-skel

Makefile

@@ -5,21 +5,14 @@
 # Or you may want to select an explicit Python version, e.g. python2.7
 PYTHON = python
 
-# Directory that will be nuked and created for stuff
-TMPDIR = tmp
-
 #
 # Bit of an implementation detail: all scripts generated by buildout
 #
 scripts = bin/test bin/python bin/zodbbrowser
 
-# my cargo-culted release rules
+# my release rules
 FILE_WITH_VERSION = src/zodbbrowser/__init__.py
 FILE_WITH_CHANGELOG = CHANGES.rst
-VCS_STATUS = git status --porcelain
-VCS_EXPORT = git archive --format=tar --prefix=tmp/tree/ HEAD | tar -xf -
-VCS_TAG = git tag
-VCS_COMMIT_AND_PUSH = git commit -av -m \"Post-release version bump\" && git push && git push --tags
 
 
 #
@@ -46,62 +39,21 @@ testp: bin/test
 coverage:
 	tox -e coverage
 
-.PHONY: dist
-dist:
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py -q sdist bdist_wheel
-
 .PHONY: checkzope2
 checkzope2: dist python/bin/python
 	version=`$(PYTHON) setup.py --version` && \
-	rm -rf $(TMPDIR) && \
-	mkdir $(TMPDIR) && \
-	cd $(TMPDIR) && \
+	rm -rf tmp && \
+	mkdir tmp && \
+	cd tmp && \
 	tar xvzf ../dist/zodbbrowser-$$version.tar.gz && \
 	cd zodbbrowser-$$version && \
 	../../python/bin/python bootstrap.py && \
 	bin/buildout -c zope2.cfg && \
 	bin/test -s zodbbrowser
 
-.PHONY: distcheck
-distcheck: check dist
-	version=`$(PYTHON) setup.py --version` && \
-	rm -rf $(TMPDIR) && \
-	mkdir $(TMPDIR) && \
-	cd $(TMPDIR) && \
-	tar xvzf ../dist/zodbbrowser-$$version.tar.gz && \
-	cd zodbbrowser-$$version && \
-	make dist && \
-	cd .. && \
-	mkdir one two && \
-	cd one && \
-	tar xvzf ../../dist/zodbbrowser-$$version.tar.gz && \
-	cd ../two/ && \
-	tar xvzf ../zodbbrowser-$$version/dist/zodbbrowser-$$version.tar.gz && \
-	cd .. && \
-	diff -ur one two -x SOURCES.txt && \
-	cd .. && \
-	rm -rf $(TMPDIR) && \
-	echo "sdist seems to be ok"
-# I'm ignoring SOURCES.txt since it appears that the second sdist gets a new
-# source file, namely, setup.cfg.  Setuptools/distutils black magic, may it rot
-# in hell forever.
-
-release:
-	@$(PYTHON) setup.py --version | grep -qv dev || { \
-	    echo "Please remove the 'dev' suffix from the version number in $(FILE_WITH_VERSION)"; exit 1; }
-	@$(PYTHON) setup.py --long-description | rst2html --exit-status=2 > /dev/null || { \
-	    echo "There's a ReStructuredText error in the package description"; exit 1; }
-	@ver_and_date="`$(PYTHON) setup.py --version` (`date +%Y-%m-%d`)" && \
-	    grep -q "^$$ver_and_date$$" $(FILE_WITH_CHANGELOG) || { \
-	        echo "$(FILE_WITH_CHANGELOG) has no entry for $$ver_and_date"; exit 1; }
-	@test -z "`$(VCS_STATUS) 2>&1`" || { echo "Your working tree is not clean:" 1>&2; $(VCS_STATUS) 1>&2; exit 1; }
-	make distcheck
-	# I'm chicken so I won't actually do these things yet
-	@echo "Please run rm -rf dist && $(PYTHON) setup.py -q sdist bdist_wheel && twine upload dist/*"
-	@echo "Please run $(VCS_TAG) `$(PYTHON) setup.py --version`"
-	@echo "Please increment the version number in $(FILE_WITH_VERSION)"
-	@echo "Please add a new empty entry in $(FILE_WITH_CHANGELOG)"
-	@echo "Then please $(VCS_COMMIT_AND_PUSH)"
+
+include release.mk
+
 
 #
 # Implementation