checklist is now a helper

Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@brief.schottelius.org>

docs/dev/releasehelper

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+#!/bin/sh
+# Nico Schottelius
+
+# Ensure documentation builds cleanly
+echo "Verifying documentation building works ..."
+## ./build clean && ./build man || exit 1
+
+# get version from changelog and ensure it's not already present
+changelog_version=$(grep '^[[:digit:]]' docs/changelog | head -n1 | sed 's/:.*//')
+
+if git show --quiet $changelog_version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Version $changelog_version already exists, aborting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Target version from changelog: $changelog_version"
+
+# verify date in changelog
+date_today="$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
+date_changelog=$(grep '^[[:digit:]]' docs/changelog | head -n1 | sed 's/.*: //')
+
+if [ "$date_today" != "$date_changelog" ]; then
+    echo "Date in changelog is not today"
+    echo "Changelog: $date_changelog"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Press enter to continue"
+read wait
+version=$changelog_version
+
+# get target branch
+branch=${version%\.*}
+
+echo "Selecting branch $branch for merging"
+exit 0
+
+# add tag
+printf "Enter tag description for %s> " "$version"
+read tagmessage
+git tag "$version" -m "$tagmessage"
+
+# Import into current version branch
+printf "Press enter to git merge into branch \"$branch\" > "
+read prompt
+git checkout $branch
+git merge master
+git checkout master
+
+# Publish manpages and sourcecode
+printf "Press enter to publish doc/ and code/ > "
+read prompt
+./build web
+./build pub
+
+cat << notes
+To be done manually...
+
+    - freecode release
+    - blog entry
+    - linkedin entry
+    - mailinglist update
+
+notes