From 5507a1eb8883718fb169d2600d36b71aeeb06bbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rachel Fenichel <fenichel@google.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:45:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add task to create a release candidate.

---
 gulpfile.js | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index b6bc06afc..288a487a4 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -800,6 +800,18 @@ function getRebuildBranchName() {
   return 'rebuild_' + mm + '_' + dd + '_' + yyyy;
 };
 
+// Helper function: get a name for a rebuild branch. Format: rebuild_month_yyyy.
+function getRCBranchName() {
+  var date = new Date();
+  var monthNames = [
+    'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
+    'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'
+  ];
+  var month = monthNames[date.getMonth()];
+  var yy = date.getFullYear().slice(-2);
+  return 'rc_' + month + '_' + yyyy;
+};
+
 // Recompile and push to origin.
 gulp.task('recompile', gulp.series([
     'git-sync-develop',
@@ -821,3 +833,17 @@ gulp.task('recompile', gulp.series([
     }
   ])
 );
+
+// Create and push an RC branch.
+// Note that this pushes to google/blockly.
+gulp.task('git-create-rc', gulp.series([
+    'git-sync-develop',
+    function(done) {
+      var branchName = getRCBranchName();
+      execSync('git checkout -b ' + branchName, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+      execSync('git push https://github.com/google/blockly.git ' + branchName,
+          { stdio: 'inherit' });
+      done();
+    },
+  ])
+);

From 9fd4f8edffa58f447f28593eb0a282cb18a88b14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rachel Fenichel <fenichel@google.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:23:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Change branch name format

---
 gulpfile.js | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 288a487a4..649accc9e 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -800,16 +800,12 @@ function getRebuildBranchName() {
   return 'rebuild_' + mm + '_' + dd + '_' + yyyy;
 };
 
-// Helper function: get a name for a rebuild branch. Format: rebuild_month_yyyy.
+// Helper function: get a name for a rebuild branch. Format: rebuild_yyyy_mm.
 function getRCBranchName() {
   var date = new Date();
-  var monthNames = [
-    'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
-    'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'
-  ];
-  var month = monthNames[date.getMonth()];
-  var yy = date.getFullYear().slice(-2);
-  return 'rc_' + month + '_' + yyyy;
+  var mm = date.getMonth() + 1; // Month, 0-11
+  var yyyy = date.getFullYear();
+  return 'rc_' + yyyy + '_' + mm;
 };
 
 // Recompile and push to origin.