diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 8cdaa54dbe..26dc7af245 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -2,23 +2,61 @@
 
 ./scripts/package.sh
 
-cd build/packages/bazel
-git init
-git add .
-git commit -am 'init commit'
-git remote add origin git@github.com:nrwl/bazel-build.git
-git push -f origin master
+function restore() {
+  echo "FINISHED"
+  cd $STARTING_DIRECTORY
+}
 
-cd ../nx
-git init
-git add .
-git commit -am 'init commit'
-git remote add origin git@github.com:nrwl/nx-build.git
-git push -f origin master
+function getPackageVersion() {
+  echo `node -e "console.log(require('./package.json').version)"`
+}
 
-cd ../schematics
-git init
-git add .
-git commit -am 'init commit'
-git remote add origin git@github.com:nrwl/schematics-build.git
-git push -f origin master
+#Rewrite the version in the package.json to be root package version+short sha (0.0.1+abcdef0)
+function updatePackageVersion() {
+  PACKAGE_NAME=$1
+  VERSION=$2
+  node -e "const pkgPath='./${PACKAGE_NAME}/package.json';const pkg=require(pkgPath);pkg.version='${VERSION}'; fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2)+'\n')"
+}
+
+STARTING_DIRECTORY=${PWD}
+SHORT_SHA=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`
+BRANCH_NAME=pub-${SHORT_SHA}
+PACKAGE_VERSION=`getPackageVersion`
+BUILT=../packages
+BUILD_VER="${PACKAGE_VERSION}+${SHORT_SHA}"
+trap restore SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+
+mkdir -p build/git-clones
+cd build/git-clones
+
+for dir in $BUILT/*/
+do
+  PACKAGE_DIR="$(basename ${dir})"
+  BUILD_ARTIFACTS="${dir}"
+  REPO_DIR="${PACKAGE_DIR}-build"
+
+  rm -rf $REPO_DIR
+  mkdir -p $REPO_DIR
+  # Create directory and populate with shallow git content from origin
+  (cd $REPO_DIR &&
+    git init && \
+    git remote add origin git@github.com:nrwl/$REPO_DIR.git && \
+    git fetch origin master --depth=1 && \
+    git checkout origin/master && \
+    git checkout -b $BRANCH_NAME
+  )
+
+  # Clean up the contents of the git directory so creating the commit will
+  # be simpler (not having to selectively delete files)
+  rm -rf $REPO_DIR/*
+  cp -R ${BUILD_ARTIFACTS}/* $REPO_DIR/
+  updatePackageVersion $REPO_DIR $BUILD_VER
+
+  (
+    cd $REPO_DIR && \
+    git add --all && \
+    git commit -m "publishing ${BUILD_VER}" --quiet && \
+    git tag "${BUILD_VER}" && \
+    git push origin $BRANCH_NAME:master --tags --force
+  )
+done