diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+    "cSpell.words": [
+        "germany",
+        "pycountry"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/release b/release
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# install build tools
+pip install build
+pip install twine
+pip install hatch
+
+
+# increment version in pyproject.toml
+hatch version micro
+git add git_time_tracking/__about__.py
+git commit -m "bump version"
+git push
+
+# build package
+python3 -m build --wheel
+
+# upload to pypi
+python3 -m twine upload dist/*
+python3 -m twine upload --skip-existing --repository gitea dist/*
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