Merge pull request #11079 from edx/clytwynec/release-process

remove cut-branch option from release.py

scripts/release.py

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ try:
     from path import Path as path
     from git import Repo, Commit
     from git.refs.symbolic import SymbolicReference
-    from git.exc import GitCommandError
     from dateutil.parser import parse as parse_datestring
     import requests
     import yaml
@@ -100,9 +99,6 @@ def make_parser():
     parser.add_argument(
         '--table', '-t', action="store_true", default=False,
         help="only print table")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '--cut-branch', '-b', action="store_true", default=False,
-        help="automatically cut the release branch")
     return parser
 
 
@@ -526,26 +522,6 @@ def generate_email(start_ref, end_ref, release_date=None):
     return textwrap.dedent(email).strip()
 
 
-def cut_release_branch(release_date=None):
-    if release_date is None:
-        release_date = default_release_date()
-
-    release_branch_name = "rc/{date}".format(date=release_date)
-
-    print("Cutting release branch '{name}'...".format(name=release_branch_name))
-
-    try:
-        print(git.checkout('master'))
-        print(git.pull())
-        print(git.checkout('HEAD', b=release_branch_name))
-        print(git.push())
-    except GitCommandError as exception:
-        print(exception)
-        return None
-
-    return release_branch_name
-
-
 def main():
     parser = make_parser()
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -584,17 +560,6 @@ def main():
         print("\n")
         print(generate_commit_table(args.previous, args.current))
 
-    if args.cut_branch:
-        branch_name = cut_release_branch(args.date)
-        if branch_name:
-            print(
-                "OPEN THE PULL REQUEST: https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/compare/release...{name}".format(
-                    name=branch_name
-                )
-            )
-    else:
-        print("Skipping branch cut")
-
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()