To create a cmake release, make sure the "release" tag is pointing to the expected git commit: http://cmake.org/gitweb?p=cmake.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/release Then as kitware@hythloth, using an up-to-date CMake: cd ~/CMakeReleases/cmake/Utilities/Release mkdir 283rc1 cd 283rc1 ~/CMakeReleases/build/bin/cmake -DCMAKE_CREATE_VERSION=release -P ../create-cmake-release.cmake ./create-release.sh create-cmake-release.cmake: script to run to create release sh scripts Add or remove machines in create-cmake-release.cmake. Cygwin -> directory that contains cpack cygwin package files used in CMakeCPack.cmake machine_release.cmake : config files for each machine