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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script is used to release a new version of the bolt-web-app
+# It will:
+# - create a new branch with the tag name and update the version in package.json
+# - generate a changelog and release notes
+# - create a branch, commit the changes and push them to the remote repository
+# - create a pull request with the changes
+
+# Check if required dependencies are installed
+if ! command -v gh &> /dev/null
+then
+    echo "gh could not be found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v npx git-cliff &> /dev/null
+then
+    echo "npx git-cliff could not be found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+tag=$1
+if [ -z "$tag" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: release.sh <tag>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+git checkout -b $tag
+
+sed -i "s/\"version\": \".*\"/\"version\": \"$tag\"/" package.json
+npm i
+
+# Generate changelog after we updated the version
+npx git-cliff -o CHANGELOG.md -t $tag
+
+git add package.json package-lock.json LICENSE CHANGELOG.md
+
+# Commit and create pull request
+commit_message="chore: update version to $tag and prepare release"
+
+git commit -m "$commit_message"
+
+git push origin $tag
+gh pr create --title "$commit_message" --base main --head $tag --body "$commit_message"
+
+echo "1. Review the release notes"
+echo "2. Merge the pull request"
+echo "3. Pull latest main"
+echo "4. Run the following commands to create the release"
+echo "git tag -s -m "$tag""
+echo "git push --tags"
+echo "gh release create "$tag" -F release.md"
+echo "rm release.md"