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+#!/bin/bash
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fname=$(ls|grep rockspec|grep -v scm | sort -r -V|head -n1)
+echo "Last known version: $fname" 
+luarocks new_version $fname
+
+new_fname=$(ls|grep rockspec|grep -v scm | sort -r -V|head -n1)
+new_version=$(echo $new_fname | cut -f2,3,4,5 -d'-'|sed -e 's/.rockspec//g')
+echo "new rockspec: $new_fname"
+echo "new version: $new_version"
+git add $new_fname
+git commit -m "Cutting version $new_version"
+git branch $new_version
+
+git push origin master:master
+git push origin $new_version:$new_version
+
+git clone https://github.com/torch/rocks
+cp $new_fname rocks/
+cd rocks
+th make-manifest.lua
+git add $new_fname
+git commit -am "adding rockspec $new_fname"
+git push
+cd ..
+rm -rf rocks
+cd ..
+