def _release(level):
    """TODO: we should make sure that we are on master release"""
    version, comment = _new_version(level)

    if version is not None:

        run(['git',
             'commit',
             str(VER_PATH.relative_to(BASE_PATH)),
             str(CHANGES_PATH.relative_to(BASE_PATH)),
             '--amend',
             '--no-edit',
             ])
        run(['git',
             'tag',
             '-a',
             'v' + version,
             '-m',
             '"' + comment + '"',
             ])
        run(['git',
             'push',
             'origin',
             '--tags',
             ])
        run(['git',
             'push',
             'origin',
             'master',
             '-f',
             ])
TODO: we should make sure that we are on master release