eg release new

release new releases the default development branch.

eg release new v2026.8.29

The name is the only argument, and it becomes the tag. In interactive mode you are asked for it when you leave it out; in non-interactive mode a missing name fails the command. From there Elegant Git

1. checks out the default development branch and runs git pull --tags
2. drafts an annotated tag message — a Release <name> heading followed by one - <subject> line per commit since the last tag — and opens it in your editor so you can edit it before it is recorded
3. pushes the tags
4. produces the release notes in the smart layout and puts them on your clipboard when pbcopy or xclip is available, printing them otherwise

The command runs inside both the stash pipe and the branch pipe, so uncommitted changes and the branch you were on are preserved and restored — you end up back where you started. “The last tag” means the highest tag by version order, not the most recently created one.