diff --git a/release/branch-stx.sh b/release/branch-stx.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# branch-stx.sh - create STX branches based on today
+#
+# branch-stx.sh [<manifest>]
+#
+# * get the repo list from stx-manifest in both starlingx and stx-staging remotes
+# * create a new branch
+# * tag the new branch with an initial release identifier
+#
+# Some environment variables are available for modifying this script's behaviour:
+#
+# SERIES is the base of the branch and tag names, similar to how it is used
+# in OpenStack branch names.  StarlingX formats SERIES based on year and month
+# as YYYY.MM although that is only a convention, no tooling assumes that format.
+#
+# BRANCH is the actual branch name, derived by adding 'm/' (for milestones) or
+# 'r/' (for periodic releases) to SERIES.
+#
+# TAG is the release tag that represents the actual release, derived by adding
+# a 'patch' version to SERIES, initially '0'.
+
+set -e
+
+# Where to get the repo list
+MANIFEST=${1:-default.xml}
+
+# SERIES is the base of the branch and release tag names: year.month (YYYY.MM)
+SERIES=${SERIES:-$(date '+%Y.%m')}
+
+# branch: m/YYYY.MM
+BRANCH=${BRANCH:-m/$SERIES}
+
+# tag: YYYY.MM.0
+TAG=${TAG:-$SERIES.0}
+
+# The list of remotes to extract from MANIFEST
+REMOTES="starlingx stx-staging"
+
+# This is where other scripts live that we need
+script_dir=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+
+# update_gitreview <branch>
+# Based on update_gitreview() from https://github.com/openstack/releases/blob/a7db6cf156ba66d50e1955db2163506365182ee8/tools/functions#L67
+function update_gitreview {
+    typeset branch="$1"
+
+    git checkout $branch
+    # Remove a trailing newline, if present, to ensure consistent
+    # formatting when we add the defaultbranch line next.
+    typeset grcontents="$(echo -n "$(cat .gitreview | grep -v defaultbranch)")
+defaultbranch=$branch"
+    echo "$grcontents" > .gitreview
+    git add .gitreview
+    git commit -s -m "Update .gitreview for $branch"
+    git show
+    git review -t "create-${branch}"
+}
+
+# branch_repo <repo-uri> <sha> <branch-base>
+function branch_repo {
+    local repo=$1
+    local sha=$2
+    local branch=$3
+    local tag=$4
+
+    local repo_dir=${repo##*/}
+
+    if [[ ! -d $repo_dir ]]; then
+        git clone $i $repo_dir || true
+    fi
+
+    cd $repo_dir
+    git checkout master
+
+    if ! git branch | grep $BRANCH; then
+        # create branch
+        git branch $branch $sha
+    fi
+
+    # tag branch point at $sha
+    git tag -f $tag $sha
+
+    cd -
+}
+
+for r in $REMOTES; do
+    repos=$($script_dir/getrepo.sh $MANIFEST $r)
+    # crap, convert github URLs to git:
+    repos=$(sed -e 's|https://github.com/starlingx-staging|git@github.com:starlingx-staging|g' <<<$repos)
+    for i in $repos; do
+        branch_repo $i HEAD $BRANCH $TAG
+        repo_dir=${i##*/}
+        cd $repo_dir
+        if [[ "$r" == "starlingx" ]]; then
+            # Do the Gerrit way
+
+            # set up gerrit remote
+            git review -s
+
+            # push
+            git push gerrit $BRANCH
+
+            update_gitreview $BRANCH
+        else
+            # Do the Github way
+            # push
+            git push --tags -u origin $BRANCH
+        fi
+        cd -
+    done
+done
diff --git a/release/getrepo.sh b/release/getrepo.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# getrepo - Get the list of starlingx and stx-staging repos
+# getrepo.sh [ <manifest-file> [<remote-name>] ... ]
+
+IN_FILE=${1:-default.xml}
+[[ $# -gt 1 ]] && shift
+REMOTES=$*
+
+# Extract the list of repo names from a repo manifest for the given remote
+# get_repo <manifest-file> <git-remote-name>
+function get_repos {
+    local manifest=$1
+    local remote=$2
+    for i in $(xmllint --xpath '//project[@remote="'$remote'"]/@name' $manifest); do
+        echo $i
+    done | sed -e 's/^name="//' -e 's/"$//'
+}
+
+for r in $REMOTES; do
+    remote=$(xmllint --xpath 'string(manifest/remote[@name="'$r'"]/@fetch)' $IN_FILE)
+    repos=$(
+        for i in $(get_repos $IN_FILE $r); do
+            echo $remote/$i
+        done
+    )
+    echo $repos
+done