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+import re
+
+import os
+
+import sys
+from github import Github
+import json
+from datetime import timezone
+import datetime
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Make a new ripme release on github")
+parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", help="Path to the version of ripme to release")
+parser.add_argument("-t", "--token", help="Your github personal access token")
+parser.add_argument("-d", "--debug", help="Run in debug mode", action="store_true")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+# Make sure the file the user selected is a jar
+def isJar(filename):
+    if debug:
+        print("Checking if {} is a jar file".format(filename))
+    return filename.endswith("jar")
+
+
+def isValidCommitMessage(message):
+    if debug:
+        print("Checking if {} matchs pattern ^\d+\.\d+\.\d+:".format(message))
+    pattern = re.compile("^\d+\.\d+\.\d+:")
+    return re.match(pattern, message)
+
+
+fileToUpload = args.file
+commitMessage = json.loads(open("ripme.json").read()).get("changeList")[0]
+debug = args.debug
+
+
+if not os.path.isfile(fileToUpload):
+    print("[!] Error: {} does not exist".format(fileToUpload))
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if not isJar(fileToUpload):
+    print("[!] Error: {} is not a jar file!".format(fileToUpload))
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if not isValidCommitMessage(commitMessage):
+    print("[!] Error: {} is not a valid commit message as it does not start with a version".format(fileToUpload))
+    sys.exit(1)
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