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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ $(git status --porcelain) ]]; then
+    echo "Please run this command from a clean workspace"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" == "" ]
+then
+  echo "Usage: release.sh <version>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Pull latest changes for main branch
+
+git checkout main
+git pull
+
+# Create a local release branch
+
+git checkout -b "release/$1"
+
+# Update version in podspec.
+# (Search podspec for `version = '1.2.3` and update with new version
+# number passed in as script argument).
+#
+# Regex pattern adapted from
+# https://semver.org/#is-there-a-suggested-regular-expression-regex-to-check-a-semver-string
+# for compatibility with sed.
+sed -i "" -E "s/^version *= *(["'"'"'])(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-(0|[1-9][0-9]]*|[0-9]*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*)?(\+[0-9a-zA-Z-]+(\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*)?["'"'"']/version = \1$1\1/g" library/build.gradle.kts
+
+# Commit changes
+
+git add --all
+git commit -m "Release $1"
+
+# Merge into the main branch
+
+git checkout main
+git merge "release/$1"
+
+# Push to github
+
+git push origin main
+
+# Tag this release
+
+git tag "$1"
+
+# Push the tag to github
+
+git push origin tag "$1"