diff --git a/bin/release.sh.in b/bin/release.sh.in
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# !!! This script does not finished and tested yet! Please don't run it!
+
+# version of the BornAgain. Will be set autimatically by CMake
+
+BA_VERSION_MAJOR=@BornAgain_VERSION_MAJOR@
+BA_VERSION_MINOR=@BornAgain_VERSION_MINOR@
+BA_VERSION_PATCH=@BornAgain_VERSION_PATCH@
+BA_VERSION=$BA_VERSION_MAJOR.$BA_VERSION_MINOR.$BA_VERSION_PATCH
+
+# 1. Making release branch
+# Where is your git source tree?
+# Set the path here or CMake will set it for you.
+CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR="@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@"
+GIT_SOURCE_TREE="$CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/.git"
+
+# Where do you want to put binaries?
+# Set the path here or CMake will set it for you.
+CMAKE_BUILD_DIR="@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@"
+
+# make a release branch
+RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME="release-$BA_VERSION"
+git --git-dir=$GIT_SOURCE_TREE checkout -b $RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME develop
+
+# build BornAgain with App and UserManual
+# cd $CMAKE_BUILD_DIR
+cmake -D BORNAGAIN_APP=ON -D BORNAGAIN_MAN=ON --build $CMAKE_BUILD_DIR $CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR && make
+
+# Update picture number of lines of code
+# [TODO:] change qqq.png to lines_of_code.png after testing
+python $CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/dev-tools/git-utils/cl_lines_of_code.py -i $GIT_SOURCE_TREE -o $CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/dev-tools/git-utils/qqq.png
+
+# Measure the performance
+$CMAKE_BUILD_DIR/bin/App --performance --batch --threads=-1
+
+# Modify file dev-tools/log/perf_history.txt
+echo "Please, enter a comment for perf-history.txt [Press Enter if empty]"
+read PERF_COMMENT
+if [ "PERF_COMMENT" != "" ]; then
+ echo $PERF_COMMENT >> $CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/dev-tools/log/perf-history.txt
+fi
+cat perf_history.txt >> $CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/dev-tools/log/perf-history.txt
+
+# [FUTURE TASK] Modify CHANGELOG (SQL query to get data from the redmine roadmap database)
+PATH_TO_CHANGELOG="$CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/CHANGELOG"
+# upload CHANGELOG
+#PATH_TO_UPLOAD_CHANGELOG="apps@apps.jcns.fz-juelich.de:/www/apps/src/BornAgain/"
+#scp $PATH_TO_CHANGELOG $PATH_TO_UPLOAD_CHANGELOG
+
+# Update UserManual
+# [TODO:] remove old manual
+# upload new manual
+# PATH_TO_MANUAL=$CMAKE_BUILD_DIR/
+
+
+echo $RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME
diff --git a/dev-tools/git-utils/cl_lines_of_code.py b/dev-tools/git-utils/cl_lines_of_code.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# calculate number of lines of code in BornAgain project as a function of time
+#
+# should be executed either from parent directory
+# "python Macros/GitUtils/git_loc_history.py"
+# or from local one
+# "python git_loc_history ../.."
+#
+# based on 'git-loc' from from https://github.com/ITikhonov/git-loc
+#
+# ROOT graphics added
+# see http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/how-use-use-python-pyroot-interpreter
+# MG: I've modified this file to run it from command line in release.sh script
+import re
+from email.utils import parsedate
+from time import mktime
+from datetime import datetime
+from os import popen
+import os
+from sys import argv,stderr,stdout
+#import getopt
+from array import array
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+
+#opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv[1:],None)
+usage = "usage: %prog [options]"
+parser = OptionParser(usage)
+parser.add_option('-o', '--output-filename', type="string", action="store", dest="outfname", help="Output plot file name.", default="lines_of_code.png")
+parser.add_option('-i', '--input-dir', type="string", action="store", dest="gitdir", help="Path to the .git folder.", default=".")
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+
+#extfolder = False
+#if len(args) == 1:
+# extfolder = True
+# targetfolder = args[0]
+
+extfolder=True
+targetfolder=options.gitdir
+fc=0
+locs=0
+locs_type=[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
+# 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
+descr=["Core","Functional Tests","Unit Tests","*.py","macros","GUI", "PythonAPI","Third","Undef"]
+adds=None
+cmt=None
+prev_time = datetime(2000,1,1)
+
+history=[]
+
+def pop():
+ if adds is not None:
+ pstr="%s %8u %5s %5s %7s %s \t%s"%(d,locs,'+'+str(adds),'-'+str(dels),hsh,who,cmt.strip())
+ print pstr
+ atmp = []
+ for x in locs_type:
+ atmp.append(x)
+ history.append((d,locs,atmp,adds,dels,hsh,who,cmt))
+
+def filePython(x):
+ if ".py" in x and not ".pypp." in x: return True
+ return False
+
+def fileCpp(x):
+ if ".h" in x or ".cpp" in x: return True
+ return False
+
+def dirCore(x):
+ if "/Core/Algorithms" in x: return True
+ if "/Core/FormFactors" in x: return True
+ if "/Core/Samples" in x: return True
+ if "/Core/Tools" in x: return True
+ if "/Core/Fitting" in x: return True
+ if "/Core/inc" in x: return True
+ if "/Core/src" in x: return True
+ if "/Fit/Factory" in x: return True
+ if "/Core/Geometry" in x: return True
+ return False
+
+def dirPyAPI(x):
+ if "/Core/PythonAPI" in x: return True
+ if "/Fit/PythonAPI" in x: return True
+ return False
+
+def dirFuncTest(x):
+ if "/App/" in x: return True
+ if "/Tests/FunctionalTests/TestCore" in x: return True
+ if "/Tests/FunctionalTests/TestFit" in x: return True
+ if "/Tests/FunctionalTests/TestPyCore" in x: return True
+ if "/Tests/FunctionalTests/TestPyFit" in x: return True
+ return False
+
+def dirGUI(x):
+ if "/GUI/coregui" in x and not "widgetbox" in x and not "qttools" in x: return True
+ if "/AppGUI/coregui" in x: return True
+ if "/BASuite" in x: return True
+ return False
+
+def dirThirdParty(x):
+ if "/ThirdParty" in x: return True
+ return False
+
+def dirSkip(x):
+ if "/pub/core" in x: return True
+ return False
+
+def dirUnitTests(x):
+ if "/UnitTests/" in x: return True
+ if "/Tests/UnitTests/TestCore/" in x: return True
+ return False
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def filetype(x):
+ file_type=8
+
+ if dirSkip(x): return file_type
+
+ if fileCpp(x) and dirCore(x):
+ file_type = 0
+ elif (fileCpp(x) or filePython(x)) and dirFuncTest(x):
+ file_type = 1
+
+ elif dirUnitTests(x):
+ file_type = 2
+
+ elif dirGUI(x):
+ file_type = 5
+
+ elif dirPyAPI(x):
+ file_type = 6
+
+ elif dirThirdParty(x):
+ file_type = 7
+ return file_type
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+prevfolder = os.getcwd()
+if extfolder: os.chdir(targetfolder)
+
+# parsing output of git log
+file_type_ppp = 8
+file_type_mmm = 8
+for x in popen('git log develop --reverse -p'):
+ if x.startswith('commit'):
+ pop()
+ hsh=x[7:14];
+ if x.startswith('Author'):
+ who=x.replace("Author: ",'').replace('\n','');
+ who=re.sub(">.*","",who);
+ who=re.sub(".*<","",who);
+ if x.startswith('Date'):
+ fc=1
+ d=datetime(*parsedate(x[5:])[:7])
+ t=mktime(parsedate(x[5:]))
+ adds=0
+ dels=0
+ print x
+ if fc==2:
+ cmt=x[:-1]
+ fc=0
+ if fc==1:
+ if len(x)==1: fc=2
+ if x.startswith('+++'):
+ file_type_ppp = filetype(x)
+
+ if x.startswith('---'):
+ file_type_mmm = filetype(x)
+
+ if x.startswith('+') and not x.startswith('+++'):
+ locs_type[file_type_ppp] += 1
+ if file_type_ppp <6:
+ adds+=1
+ locs+=1
+ if x.startswith('-') and not x.startswith('---'):
+ locs_type[file_type_mmm] -= 1
+ if file_type_mmm <6:
+ dels+=1
+ locs-=1
+
+pop()
+os.chdir(prevfolder)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+# making ROOT plot - number of lines of code .vs. time
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+from ROOT import *
+
+# beginning of coding (first commit) to set beginning of time x-scale
+c=history[0]
+td_first=TDatime(c[0].year, c[0].month, c[0].day, c[0].hour, c[0].minute, c[0].second)
+c=history[-1]
+td_last=TDatime(c[0].year, c[0].month, c[0].day, c[0].hour, c[0].minute, c[0].second)
+time_offset = int(td_first.Convert()) - 7*24.*3600 # one week before first commit
+
+ntimebins = 4*int((td_last.Convert() - time_offset)/3600./24)
+
+
+#print "ntimebins", ntimebins
+hist_ncommits = TH1D("ncommits", "ncommits", ntimebins, td_first.Convert() - time_offset, td_last.Convert() - time_offset)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------
+# creating histograms
+# ---------------------------------
+selected_hist = [0,1,2,5,6]
+
+a_histograms = []
+hstack = THStack("hstack","Number of Lines of Code")
+hstack.SetTitle("");
+
+a_colors=[kAzure+1, kOrange, kRed, kGreen, kYellow-7, kAzure, kGray+1]
+legend = TLegend(0.15,0.65,0.49,0.84)
+legend.SetBorderSize(1);
+#legend.SetFillStyle(1);
+for i in range(0, len(selected_hist) ):
+ i_hist = selected_hist[i]
+ #hist = TH1D(descr[i_hist],descr[i_hist],len(xtmp)-1,xtmp)
+ hist = TH1D(descr[i_hist],descr[i_hist], ntimebins, td_first.Convert() - time_offset, td_last.Convert() - time_offset )
+
+ hist.GetXaxis().SetTimeDisplay(1)
+ hist.GetXaxis().SetTimeFormat("%d/%m")
+ hist.GetYaxis().SetLabelSize(0.030)
+ hist.GetXaxis().SetLabelSize(0.035)
+ hist.GetXaxis().SetNdivisions(512)
+ hist.GetXaxis().SetTimeOffset(time_offset)
+ hist.SetLineColor(a_colors[i_hist])
+ hist.SetFillColor(a_colors[i_hist])
+ a_histograms.append(hist)
+
+
+# adding histograms to legend in right order
+for i_hist in range(len(a_histograms)-1,-1,-1):
+ legend.AddEntry(a_histograms[i_hist],a_histograms[i_hist].GetTitle(),"f")
+
+# filling histograms
+for c in history:
+ td=TDatime(c[0].year, c[0].month, c[0].day, c[0].hour, c[0].minute, c[0].second)
+ xx = td.Convert() - time_offset
+ hist_ncommits.Fill(xx)
+ for i in range(0, len(selected_hist) ):
+ i_hist = selected_hist[i]
+ yy = c[2][i_hist]
+ a_histograms[i].Fill(xx,yy)
+
+# normalizing bin content on number of entries per bin
+for i_bin in range(1,hist_ncommits.GetNbinsX()+1):
+ nentries = hist_ncommits.GetBinContent(i_bin)
+ for h in a_histograms:
+ current_bin_content = h.GetBinContent(i_bin)
+ if nentries != 0: current_bin_content /= nentries
+ h.SetBinContent(i_bin, current_bin_content)
+
+# filling empty bins with values from previous day
+for h in a_histograms:
+ prev_content = 0
+ for i_bin in range(1,h.GetNbinsX()+1):
+ if h.GetBinContent(i_bin) == 0:
+ h.SetBinContent(i_bin, prev_content)
+ prev_content = h.GetBinContent(i_bin)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+#preparing canvas
+c1 = TCanvas( 'gisasfw_loc', 'Number of lines of code in BornAgain project', 800, 800)
+c1.cd()
+gPad.SetGrid()
+gPad.SetBottomMargin(0.10)
+gPad.SetLeftMargin(0.10)
+gPad.SetTopMargin(0.10)
+gPad.SetRightMargin(0.10)
+
+# drawing
+for h in a_histograms:
+ hstack.Add(h,"][")
+hstack.Draw()
+hstack.GetXaxis().SetTimeDisplay(1)
+#hstack.GetXaxis().SetTimeFormat("%d/%m")
+hstack.GetXaxis().SetTimeFormat("#splitline{%d/%m}{%Y}")
+hstack.GetXaxis().SetLabelSize(0.03)
+hstack.GetYaxis().SetLabelSize(0.035)
+hstack.GetXaxis().SetLabelOffset(0.02)
+hstack.GetXaxis().SetNdivisions(512)
+hstack.GetXaxis().SetTimeOffset(time_offset)
+
+legend.Draw()
+c1.Modified()
+c1.Modified()
+c1.Update()
+gPad.RedrawAxis()
+gPad.RedrawAxis("G")
+
+c1.Print(options.outfname)
+
+
+
+# wait for input to keep the GUI (which lives on a ROOT event dispatcher) alive
+#if __name__ == '__main__':
+# rep = ''
+# while not rep in [ 'q', 'Q' ]:
+# rep = raw_input( 'enter "q" to quit: ' )
+# if 1 < len(rep):
+# rep = rep[0]
+