diff --git a/Utilities/Release/create-cmake-release.cmake b/Utilities/Release/create-cmake-release.cmake
index fd916659b..75b00616a 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/create-cmake-release.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/create-cmake-release.cmake
@@ -1,28 +1,42 @@
 if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION not defined")
-endif(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION)
+  set(CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION "release")
+  message("Using default value of 'release' for CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION")
+endif()
 
-set(RELEASE_SCRIPTS
-  dashmacmini2_release.cmake  # Mac Darwin universal
-  dashsun1_release.cmake      # SunOS
-#  destiny_release.cmake       # HPUX -- destiny is dead; long live destiny
-  magrathea_release.cmake     # Linux
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logs)
+
+set(RELEASE_SCRIPTS_BATCH_1
   dash2win64_release.cmake    # Windows
-#  dash2win64_cygwin.cmake     # Cygwin
-#  blight_cygwin.cmake     # Cygwin
-  v20n250_aix_release.cmake    # AIX 5.3
+  dashmacmini2_release.cmake  # Mac Darwin universal
+  magrathea_release.cmake     # Linux
+  dashsun1_release.cmake      # SunOS
+  v20n250_aix_release.cmake   # AIX 5.3
   ferrari_sgi64_release.cmake # IRIX 64
-  ferrari_sgi_release.cmake   # IRIX 64
+  ferrari_sgi_release.cmake   # IRIX
 )
 
-file(WRITE create-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}.sh "#!/bin/bash")
-make_directory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logs)
+set(RELEASE_SCRIPTS_BATCH_2
+  dash2win64_cygwin.cmake     # Cygwin
+)
 
-foreach(f ${RELEASE_SCRIPTS})
-  file(APPEND create-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}.sh
+function(write_batch_shell_script filename)
+  set(scripts ${ARGN})
+  set(i 0)
+  file(WRITE ${filename} "#!/bin/bash")
+  foreach(f ${scripts})
+    math(EXPR x "420*(${i}/4)")
+    math(EXPR y "160*(${i}%4)")
+    file(APPEND ${filename}
     "
 ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DCMAKE_CREATE_VERSION=${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION} -P ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Utilities/Release/${f} < /dev/null >& ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logs/${f}-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}.log &
- xterm -geometry 80x10 -sb -sl 2000 -T ${f}-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}.log -e tail -f  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logs/${f}-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}.log&")
-endforeach(f)
-execute_process(COMMAND chmod a+x create-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}.sh)
-message("Run ./create-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}.sh")
+xterm -geometry 64x6+${x}+${y} -sb -sl 2000 -T ${f}-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}.log -e tail -f  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logs/${f}-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}.log&
+")
+    math(EXPR i "${i}+1")
+  endforeach(f)
+  execute_process(COMMAND chmod a+x ${filename})
+endfunction()
+
+write_batch_shell_script("create-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}-batch1.sh" ${RELEASE_SCRIPTS_BATCH_1})
+write_batch_shell_script("create-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}-batch2.sh" ${RELEASE_SCRIPTS_BATCH_2})
+
+message("Run ./create-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}-batch1.sh, then after all those builds complete, run ./create-${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}-batch2.sh")
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/dash2win64_cygwin.cmake b/Utilities/Release/dash2win64_cygwin.cmake
index 64099a969..da6600292 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/dash2win64_cygwin.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/dash2win64_cygwin.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_FULLPATH:FILEPATH=FALSE
 set(CXX g++)
 set(CC  gcc)
 set(SCRIPT_NAME dash2win64cygwin)
-set(GIT_COMMAND git)
 set(GIT_EXTRA "git config core.autocrlf true")
 get_filename_component(path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
 include(${path}/release_cmake.cmake)
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/dash2win64_release.cmake b/Utilities/Release/dash2win64_release.cmake
index 94decdd10..fb82de0d0 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/dash2win64_release.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/dash2win64_release.cmake
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ BUILD_QtDialog:BOOL:=TRUE
 QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=c:/Dashboards/Support/qt-build/Qt/bin/qmake.exe
 ")
 get_filename_component(path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
-set(GIT_COMMAND git)
 set(GIT_EXTRA "git config core.autocrlf true")
 include(${path}/release_cmake.cmake)
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/dashmacmini2_release.cmake b/Utilities/Release/dashmacmini2_release.cmake
index 6deeb413b..d117014f9 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/dashmacmini2_release.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/dashmacmini2_release.cmake
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ CPACK_SYSTEM_NAME:STRING=Darwin-universal
 BUILD_QtDialog:BOOL:=TRUE
 QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/Users/kitware/Software/QtBinUniversal/bin/qmake
 ")
-set(GIT_COMMAND /opt/local/bin/git)
 get_filename_component(path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
 include(${path}/release_cmake.cmake)
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/ferrari_sgi64_release.cmake b/Utilities/Release/ferrari_sgi64_release.cmake
index 770c7e82a..4425f0557 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/ferrari_sgi64_release.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/ferrari_sgi64_release.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-set(CVS_COMMAND "/home/whoffman/bin/cvs")
 set(CMAKE_RELEASE_DIRECTORY "/home/whoffman/CMakeReleaseDirectory64")
 set(PROCESSORS 2)
 set(CFLAGS "-64")
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/ferrari_sgi_release.cmake b/Utilities/Release/ferrari_sgi_release.cmake
index dd3c62486..ee5121a9b 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/ferrari_sgi_release.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/ferrari_sgi_release.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-set(CVS_COMMAND "/home/whoffman/bin/cvs")
 set(CMAKE_RELEASE_DIRECTORY "/home/whoffman/CMakeReleaseDirectory")
 set(PROCESSORS 2)
 set(HOST sgi)
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/magrathea_release.cmake b/Utilities/Release/magrathea_release.cmake
index a34823594..549460ecd 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/magrathea_release.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/magrathea_release.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ set(HOST magrathea)
 set(MAKE_PROGRAM "make")
 set(CC gcc332s)
 set(CXX c++332s)
-set(GIT_COMMAND /home/kitware/.userroot/git/bin/git)
 set(INITIAL_CACHE "
 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
 CURSES_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=/usr/i686-gcc-332s/lib/libncurses.a
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake b/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake
index 939d9dcb8..0c9b3f9c5 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-set(CVSROOT ":pserver:anonymous@cmake.org:/cmake.git")
-
 get_filename_component(SCRIPT_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
 
 # default to self extracting tgz, tgz, and tar.Z
@@ -30,17 +28,15 @@ endif(NOT DEFINED PROCESSORS)
 if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION not defined")
 endif(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION)
-if(NOT DEFINED CVS_COMMAND)
-  set(CVS_COMMAND cvs)
-endif(NOT DEFINED CVS_COMMAND)
+if(NOT DEFINED GIT_COMMAND)
+  set(GIT_COMMAND git)
+endif()
 
 if(${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION} MATCHES "^(release|maint|next|nightly)$")
   set(GIT_BRANCH origin/${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION})
 else()
   set(GIT_BRANCH ${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION})
 endif()
-set( CMAKE_CHECKOUT "${CVS_COMMAND} -q -d ${CVSROOT} co -d ${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION} ${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}")
-
 
 if(NOT DEFINED FINAL_PATH )
   set(FINAL_PATH ${CMAKE_RELEASE_DIRECTORY}/${CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION}-build)
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.sh.in b/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.sh.in
index 8455e92c8..50882c5de 100755
--- a/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.sh.in
+++ b/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.sh.in
@@ -93,10 +93,8 @@ if [ ! -z "@GIT_COMMAND@" ]; then
    check_exit_value $? "git checkout" || exit 1
    cd ..
 else
-   # for CVS just run the CMAKE_CHECKOUT command as set
-   # in release_cmake.cmake
-   @CMAKE_CHECKOUT@
-   check_exit_value $? "CVS Checkout cmake source" || exit 1
+   echo GIT_COMMAND does not exist
+   exit 1
 fi
 
 cd @CMAKE_RELEASE_DIRECTORY@/@CMAKE_CREATE_VERSION@-build 
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake b/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake
index b57853cd0..dc6c78f38 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/upload_release.cmake
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ set(PROJECT_PREFIX cmake-)
 if(NOT VERSION)
  set(VERSION 2.8)
 endif()
+set(dir "v${VERSION}")
 if("${VERSION}" MATCHES "master")
-  set(VERSION CVS)
+  set(dir "dev")
 endif()
 file(GLOB FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "${PROJECT_PREFIX}*")
+list(SORT FILES)
+list(REVERSE FILES)
 message("${FILES}")
 set(UPLOAD_LOC
-  "kitware@www.cmake.org:/projects/FTP/pub/cmake/v${VERSION}")
+  "kitware@www.cmake.org:/projects/FTP/pub/cmake/${dir}")
 set(count 0)
 foreach(file ${FILES})
   if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY ${file})
@@ -19,8 +22,8 @@ foreach(file ${FILES})
     math(EXPR count "${count} + 1")
     if("${result}" GREATER 0)
       message(FATAL_ERROR "failed to upload file to ${UPLOAD_LOC}")
-    endif("${result}" GREATER 0)
-  endif(NOT IS_DIRECTORY ${file})
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endforeach(file)
 if(${count} EQUAL 0)
    message(FATAL_ERROR "Error no files uploaded.")
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/v20n250_aix_release.cmake b/Utilities/Release/v20n250_aix_release.cmake
index 7a5c8b937..53c34d7ce 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/v20n250_aix_release.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/v20n250_aix_release.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 set(CMAKE_RELEASE_DIRECTORY "/bench1/noibm34/CMakeReleaseDirectory")
 set(FINAL_PATH /u/noibm34/cmake-release)
 set(PROCESSORS 2)
-set(CVS_COMMAND /vol/local/bin/cvs)
 set(HOST "sshserv.centers.ihost.com")
 set(EXTRA_HOP "rsh p90n03")
 set(MAKE_PROGRAM "make")