Script to do a Maven release relatively safely

maven-release.sh

#!/bin/sh
set -e

git branch
git status -s
git pull
git log --patch-with-stat --irreversible-delete --find-renames @{u}..
gitg
gh pr list || :
git tag --sort=version:refname
gh release list || :
echo -n 'Hit Enter to proceed: '
read whatever
nice mvn -B release:prepare release:perform
gh release create $(git tag --sort=-version:refname | head -1) -t $(mvn -B -f target/checkout -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout help:evaluate) --generate-notes
git pull
mvn -DskipTests clean install