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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Script to perform a release of vector-web.
+#
+# Requires github-changelog-generator; to install, do 
+#   pip install git+https://github.com/matrix-org/github-changelog-generator.git
+
+set -e
+
+cd `dirname $0`
+
+exec ./node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/release.sh -z -c CHANGES.rst "$@"