diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+usage() { echo "usage: `basename $0` oldversion newversion" ; }
+
+[ $# -eq 2 ] || { usage >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
+
+OLDVERSION="$1"
+VERSION="$2"
+
+vi CHANGELOG.md
+
+BUMP="CMakeLists.txt doc/Doxyfile doc/FreeBSD-Makefile doc/man/man*/* doc/man/index.html python/setup.py rust/*/Cargo.toml rust/libnotcurses-sys/build.rs tools/notcurses.spec"
+for i in $BUMP ; do
+  sed -i -e "s/$OLDVERSION/$VERSION/g" $i
+done
+git commit -a -m v$VERSION
+git push
+git pull
+git tag -a v$VERSION -m "v$VERSION -s"
+git push origin --tags
+git pull
+wget https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/archive/v$VERSION.tar.gz
+gpg --sign --armor --detach-sign v$VERSION.tar.gz 
+
+echo "Cut $VERSION. Now upload the GPG signature to https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases"