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+#!bin/bash
+
+# get current branch
+branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')
+
+# push any local changes
+git push
+
+# run a build to catch any uncommitted updates
+npm run build
+
+# branch validation
+if [ $branch = "dev" ]; then
+	# check current branch is clean
+	if output=$(git status --porcelain) && [ -z "$output" ]; then
+		
+		# get the version number
+		echo "Enter the release version (eg. 1.2.0):"
+		read version
+
+		echo "Started releasing Blowfish v$version..."
+
+		# update package version
+		jq --arg version "$version" '.version=$version' package.json > package.tmp && mv package.tmp package.json
+		sed -i "" -e "1s/^\(\/\*! Blowfish \)v[0-9]\{1,\}\.[0-9]\{1,\}\.[0-9]\{1,\}/\1v$version/" assets/css/main.css
+
+		# update changelog
+		chan release $version || exit
+		npx prettier --write CHANGELOG.md
+
+		# build project
+		npm run build
+
+		# commit version updates
+		git commit -a -m "🔨 Preparing release v$version"
+		git push
+
+		# switch to stable branch
+		git checkout stable
+
+		# pull latest from stable
+		git pull
+
+		# merge in changes from dev branch
+		git merge --no-ff dev -m "🔖 Release v$version"
+
+		# create tag
+		git tag "v$version"
+
+		# push commit and tag to remote
+		git push
+		git push --tags
+
+		# publish GitHub release
+		timeout 2 chan gh-release $version
+
+		echo "Blowfish v$version successfully released! 🎉"
+		echo "Returning to dev branch..."
+
+		git checkout dev
+
+	else	
+		echo "ERROR: There are unstaged changes in development!"
+		echo "Clean the working directory and try again."
+	fi
+else 
+	echo "ERROR: Releases can only be published from the dev branch!"
+fi