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+<!--
+  Replace the following vars with its corresponding values:
+  - @VERSION@ (example 2.9.0)
+  - @MAJOR@ (example 2)
+  - @MINOR@ (example 9)
+  - @OLD_RELEASE@ (example 2.8.3)
+
+-->
+Instructions for performing an ADIOS2 release:
+
+- [ ] Make sure that the milestone for @VERSION@ has no pending issues/PRs.
+- [ ] Update your remotes
+``
+git fetch origin
+git fetch github #if needed
+``
+- [ ] Create a branch that updates the version
+<!-- If the release_@MAJOR@@MINOR@ already exists -->
+```
+git checkout -b bump-release-version origin/release_@MAJOR@@MINOR@
+```
+<!-- else -->
+```
+git checkout -b bump-release-version origin/master
+```
+<!-- endif -->
+- [ ] Add Commit that updates the version in the repo
+```
+git grep --name-only @OLD_RELEASE@ | xargs -n1 sed -i 's/@OLD_RELEASE@/@VERSION@/g'
+git commit -am 'Bump version to v@VERSION@'
+git push
+```
+- [ ] Create PR (BASE to master if release_@MAJOR@@MINOR@ does not exists; otherwise release_@MAJOR@@MINOR@)
+- [ ] Ask for review
+- [ ] Merge PR
+- [ ] Create Tag commit `git tag -a v@VERSION@ the_merge_commit`
+- [ ] Create Release in GitHub page
+  - Use the following script for getting the PR of this release
+    - `./scripts/developer/create-changelog.sh v@VERSION@ v@OLD_RELEASE@`
+  - Copy its content to the release description
+<!-- If the release_@MAJOR@@MINOR@ does not exists -->
+- [ ] Create the release_@MAJOR@@MINOR@ branch
+```
+git fetch origin
+git checkout -b release_@MAJOR@@MINOR@ origin/master
+# Use the following command with care
+git push origin
+```
+<!-- else -->
+- [ ] Create PR that merges release_@MAJOR@@MINOR@ into master
+- [ ] Submit a PR in Spack that adds this new version of ADIOS (if not RC mark this new version as preferred)
+- [ ] Write an announcement in the ADIOS-ECP mail-list
+  (https://groups.google.com/a/kitware.com/g/adios-ecp)
diff --git a/scripts/developer/create-changelog.sh b/scripts/developer/create-changelog.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# author: Vicente Bolea <vicente.bolea@kitware.com>
+
+function require_dependency()
+{
+  if ! command -v "$1" &> /dev/null
+  then
+    echo "[E] Missing dependencies: $1"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+require_dependency "jq"
+require_dependency "gh"
+require_dependency "csvlook"
+
+if [ "$#" != "2" ]
+then
+  echo "[E] Wrong arguments. Invoke as:"
+  echo "scripts/developer/create-changelog.sh <new_release> <old_release>"
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+new_release="$1"
+old_release="$2"
+
+prs="$(git log --oneline  --grep='Merge pull request ' "^${old_release}" "${new_release}" | grep -Po '\s#\K[0-9]+')"
+num_prs="$(wc -w <<<"$prs")"
+
+echo "[I] Found $num_prs PRs"
+
+# Header first
+output=("PR, Title")
+i=0
+for pr in ${prs}
+do
+  printf "\r[I] Processing: PR=%06d progress=%05d/%05d" "$pr" "$i" "$num_prs"
+  output+=("$(gh api "/repos/ornladios/ADIOS2/pulls/$pr" | jq -r '["#\(.number)", .title] | @csv')")
+  ((i++))
+done
+echo ""
+
+printf '%s\n' "${output[@]}" | csvlook