diff --git a/scripts/prerelease.sh b/scripts/prerelease.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+if [ -z $VERSION ]; then
+    echo "VERSION env variable is not set. Please set it to the version you want to release."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+npm --no-git-tag-version version $VERSION;
+
+echo ":wq" | git-changelog --all --prune-old --tag v$VERSION;
+echo ""
+echo "[prelease] enforce publish release by running 'git-release v$VERSION'"
+echo ""
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