diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index cea2e3a..b81c78a 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@
 	@printf "%s\n%s\n\n" ${HEADER1} ${HEADER2} | cat - $@ >${TMPFILE}
 	@mv ${TMPFILE} $@
 	@emacs -nw $@
-	-@git add $@
-	-@git commit -m${HEADER1} $@
+	@git add $@
 
 docs: ${DOCS} ${PROGDOCS} ${SUPPORT}
 	@chmod 644 ${DOCS} ${PROGDOCS}
@@ -137,8 +136,11 @@
 	@sed -i "s/^GITID.*/GITID      = \'$(shell git log --pretty=format:"%h%x20%an%x20%ad\'" | head -n1)/" ${PROGNAME}.py
 	@sed -i "s/^VERSION.*/VERSION    = \'${VERSION}'/" ${PROGNAME}.py
 	@sed -i "s/Id:.*/Id: \'$(shell git log --pretty=format:"%h%x20%an%x20%ad\'" | head -n1)/" ${PROGNAME}.rst
+	@git add ${PROGNAME}.py ${PROGNAME}.rst
 
-release: fixrev docs ${PROGFILES}
+release: docs fixrev ${PROGFILES}
+	@git commit -m${HEADER1}
+	@git push
 	@mkdir -p ${DIR}/Docs
 	-@mkdir -p ${RELEASES} 2>&1 >/dev/null
 	@cp -pv ${DOCS} ${PROGDOCS} ${DIR}/Docs
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@
 	@tar -czvf ${TARBALL} --exclude CVS ${DIR}
 	@rm -rf ${DIR}
 	@mv ${DIR}.tar.gz ${RELEASES}
-	@git checkout ${PROGMAIN}
+
 
 #####
 # Housekeeping