This is the script I have been using to tag and release prior versions.

scripts/tag-and-release.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Date since the last release.  We will search for commits newer than this.
+# TODO There is probably some Git magic we could do to figure this out
+SINCE=${SINCE:-2023-08-19}
+
+# The last version that was tagged.
+# TODO There is probably some Git magic we could do to figure this out
+LATEST=${LATEST:-5.7.6}
+
+# Search the git log for commits that did an Automatic version bump.
+git log --oneline --grep=Automatic --since=$SINCE | awk '{print $1,$NF}' | grep -v $LATEST | tail -r | while read -r line ; do
+	commit=$(echo $line | awk '{print $1}')
+	tag=v$(echo $line | awk '{print $2}')
+	# Get the actual date the commit was made
+	export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=$(git show --format=%aD $commit | head -1)
+	# Tag the commit
+	echo "Tagging $commit as $tag $GIT_COMMITTER_DATE"
+	git checkout $commit
+	git tag -a -m "Automatic tagging of $tag" $tag
+	git push origin $tag
+	# Generate the release.
+	gh release create $tag --generate-notes --latest
+done 
+git checkout master
+echo "Done."