diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+curdir=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+version=$1
+echo $version
+if [ -z "$version" ]; then
+  echo "must give a version specification."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo Tagging git release...
+git tag -a -m $version $version
+git push origin ${version}
+echo Tagged git release $(git describe)
+
+read -r -d '' release_body <<EOF
+{
+  "body": "${version}",
+  "draft": true,
+  "name": "${version}",
+  "prerelease": false,
+  "tag_name": "${version}",
+  "target_commitish": "${version}"
+}
+EOF
+
+releaseId=$(curl -n -X 'POST' \
+  'https://git.bloy.org/api/v1/repos/foundryvtt/swade-mb-helpers/releases' \
+  -H 'accept: application/json' \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d "${release_body}" \
+  | jq '.id')
+
+(cd $curdir/dist; rm -f swade-mb-helpers.zip; zip -r swade-mb-helpers.zip swade-mb-helpers)
+
+# curl -n -X 'POST' \
+#   "https://git.bloy.org/api/v1/repos/foundryvtt/swade-mb-helpers/releases/${releaseId}/assets?name=module.json" \
+#   -H 'accept: application/json' \
+#   -T ./dist/swade-mb-helpers/module.json
+
+# curl -n -X 'POST' \
+#   "https://git.bloy.org/api/v1/repos/foundryvtt/swade-mb-helpers/releases/${releaseId}/assets?name=swade-mb-helpers.zip" \
+#   -H 'accept: application/json' \
+#   -T ./dist/swade-mb-helpers.zip
+
+echo
+echo "Updating module.json"
+curl -n -X 'POST' \
+  "https://git.bloy.org/api/v1/repos/foundryvtt/swade-mb-helpers/releases/${releaseId}/assets?name=module.json" \
+  -H 'accept: application/json' \
+  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
+  -F 'attachment=@dist/swade-mb-helpers/module.json;type=application/json'
+
+echo
+echo "Updating swade-mb-helpers.zip"
+curl -n -X 'POST' \
+  "https://git.bloy.org/api/v1/repos/foundryvtt/swade-mb-helpers/releases/${releaseId}/assets?name=swade-mb-helpers.zip" \
+  -H 'accept: application/json' \
+  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
+  -F 'attachment=@dist/swade-mb-helpers.zip;type=application/x-zip-compressed'
+
+
+read -r -d '' patch_body <<EOF
+{
+  "body": "${version}",
+  "draft": false,
+  "name": "${version}",
+  "prerelease": false,
+  "tag_name": "${version}",
+  "target_commitish": "${version}"
+}
+EOF
+
+echo
+echo "setting to not draft"
+curl -n -X 'PATCH' \
+  "https://git.bloy.org/api/v1/repos/foundryvtt/swade-mb-helpers/releases/${releaseId}" \
+  -H 'accept: application/json' \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d "${release_body}" \