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+This is the official script used by the Sage Release Manager to manage the Sage release process.
+
+## Install
+
+    make install
+
+## Test
+
+    make lint
+    make test
+
+## Config 
+
+Add ``config.yaml`` containing
+
+    repository: "sagemath/sage"
+    access_token: github_pat_xxxyyyzzz
+
+### Use
+
+    git-sage todo
+    git-sage merge 12345 67890