+git config --add remote.origin.push "+refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master"
+
+################################################################################
+# Section 4: prepare release announcement email
+################################################################################
+
+cd ${TMPDIR}
+cat >email.txt <<EOT
+From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
+To: i3-announce@freelists.org
+Subject: i3 v${RELEASE_VERSION} released
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Hi,
+
+I just released i3 v${RELEASE_VERSION}. Release notes follow:
+EOT
+cat ${TMPDIR}/i3/RELEASE-NOTES-${RELEASE_VERSION} >>email.txt