Updated Creating a release (markdown)

Creating-a-release.md

@@ -68,3 +68,81 @@ koch nsis -d:release || exit /b
 move /y build\nim_%NIMVER%.exe web\upload\download\nim-%NIMVER%_x64.exe || exit /b
 
 ```
+
+Shell script, work in progress:
+
+```sh
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+# Test and release a new Nim version
+
+ask() {
+    echo "$1 Enter to continue, Ctrl-C to stop"
+    read _
+}
+
+ask "Ensure that https://travis-ci.org/nim-lang/Nim is green"
+
+ask "Ensure the last build on http://ci.nim-lang.org/ is successful"
+
+orig_dir=$(pwd)
+tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+cd $tmp_dir
+
+# Clone repos
+
+#git clone https://github.com/nim-lang/nim.git --depth 1
+cp -a /tmp/nim .
+cd nim
+#git clone https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble.git --depth 1
+cp -a /tmp/nimble .
+#git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nim-lang/csources
+cp -a /tmp/csources .
+
+# Build Nim
+
+cd csources && sh build.sh
+cd ..
+bin/nim c koch
+./koch boot -d:release
+
+# Run the full testsuite (tests\testament\tester all) and ensure it's green; actually ensure travis is green (Usually the case these days)
+
+# Set version
+
+old_version=$(grep ^version compiler.nimble | cut -d'"' -f2)
+nim_major="$1"
+nim_minor="$2"
+nim_patch="$3"
+new_version="$nim_major.$nim_minor.$nim_patch"
+
+ask "Old version is $old_version - new version is $new_version"
+
+# Update the version
+
+sed -i "s/^  NimMajor\*: int = [0-9]*$/  NimMajor*: int = $nim_major/" lib/system.nim
+sed -i "s/^  NimMinor\*: int = [0-9]*$/  NimMinor*: int = $nim_minor/" lib/system.nim
+sed -i "s/^  NimPatch\*: int = [0-9]*$/  NimPatch*: int = $nim_patch/" lib/system.nim
+
+sed -i "s/version = .*/version = \"$new_version\"/" compiler.nimble
+sed -i "s/version       = .*/version       = \"$new_version\"/" lib/stdlib.nimble
+
+git diff | cat -n
+
+ask "Ensure the version was updated in 3 files"
+
+# Update news.txt
+# write a news ticker entry
+
+# Generate the full docs
+
+./koch web0
+
+# Generate the installers
+
+./koch csource -d:release
+./koch xz -d:release
+./koch nsis
+```