diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# -e Stops execution in the instance of a command or pipeline error.
-# -u Treat unset variables as an error and exit immediately.
-set -eu
-
-STATUS="FAILURE"
-RST=$(tput sgr0)
-RED=$(tput bold && tput setaf 1)
-GRN=$(tput bold && tput setaf 2)
-BLU=$(tput bold && tput setaf 4)
-
-function exit_msg() {
-  # complain to STDERR and exit with error
-  echo "${*}" >&2
-  exit 2
-}
-
-function print_outcome() {
-  if [ "${STATUS}" == SUCCESS ]
-  then
-    echo
-    echo "${GRN}${STATUS}${RST}"
-  else
-    echo
-    echo "${RED}${STATUS}${RST}"
-  fi
-}
-
-function print_heading() {
-  echo
-  echo "${BLU}${1}${RST}"
-}
-
-function not_yes_no() {
-    case "${1}" in
-      [yY][eE][sS]|[yY]) create_branch="yes" && return 1 ;;
-      [nN][oO]|[nN]) create_branch="no" && return 1 ;;
-      *) return 0 ;;
-    esac
-}
-
-function get_user_input() {
-    while [ -z "${create_branch}" ]; do
-        read -p "${1}" create_branch
-        if not_yes_no "${create_branch}" 
-        then
-            echo "Need [yes/no], got [${create_branch}]"
-            create_branch=""
-        fi
-    done
-}
-
-function check_arg() {
-  if [ -z "$OPTARG" ]
-  then
-    exit_msg "No arg for --$OPT option, use: -h for help">&2
-  fi
-}
-
-function print_usage_exit() {
-  echo "$USAGE"
-  exit 0
-}
-
-USAGE="$(cat -- <<-EOM
-
-Usage:
-
-Without no options passed, this tool will execute a regular tag and release.
-
-  -f, --hotfix                        Executes release as a hotfix.
-  -c, --cherry-pick '<sha> <sha>...'  Each commit SHA will be cherry-picked, in the
-                                      order passed (only used with '--hotfix')
-  -h, --help                          Shows this help message
-
-EOM
-)"
-
-RUN=()
-COMMITS=()
-while getopts hfc:-: OPT; do
-  if [ "$OPT" = - ]; then     # long option: reformulate OPT and OPTARG
-    OPT="${OPTARG%%=*}"       # extract long option name
-    OPTARG="${OPTARG#$OPT}"   # extract long option argument (may be empty)
-    OPTARG="${OPTARG#=}"      # if long option argument, remove assigning `=`
-  fi
-  case "$OPT" in
-    f | hotfix      )  RUN+=("hotfix") ;;
-    c | cherry-pick )  check_arg; COMMITS+=(${OPTARG[@]}) ;; # multiargs have spaces, leave this unquoted 
-    h | help        )  print_usage_exit ;;
-    ??*             )    exit_msg "Illegal option --$OPT" ;;  # bad long option
-    ?               )           exit 2 ;;  # bad short option (error reported via getopts)
-  esac
-done
-shift $((OPTIND-1)) # remove parsed options and args from $@ list
-
-# Validate use of --cherry-pick is valid.
-if ! [[ "${RUN[@]}" =~ hotfix ]]
-then
-  exit_msg "Illegal option: (-c, --cherry-pick) without (-f, --hotfix)"
-fi
-exit
-
-# On EXIT, trap and print outcome.
-trap "print_outcome" EXIT
-
-print_heading "Ensuring main branch is up to date"
-git fetch --all
-git checkout origin/main
-
-print_heading "Fetching details for the most recent release tag"
-latest_tag_sha=$(git ls-remote --refs --tags | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}')
-latest_tag_name=$(git ls-remote --refs --tags | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's|refs\/tags\/||')
-
-print_heading "Latest tag:"
-echo "${latest_tag_name}"
-echo "${latest_tag_sha}"
-
-
-print_heading "Hotfix release tag:"
-if [[ "${latest_tag_name: -1}" =~ ^[0-9] ]]
-then
-    new_tag_name="${latest_tag_name}a"
-else
-    next_tag_letter=$(echo "${latest_tag_name: -1}" |  tr "0-9a-z" "1-9a-z_")
-    tag_with_last_char_removed=$(echo "${latest_tag_name}" | sed 's|.$||')
-    new_tag_name="${tag_with_last_char_removed}${next_tag_letter}"   
-fi
-echo "${new_tag_name}"
-
-local create_branch
-release_branch_name=$(echo "${new_tag_name}" | sed 's|release-|release-branch-|')
-get_user_input "Create hotfix release branch: ${release_branch_name}? "
-if [ "${create_branch}" = yes ]
-then
-    print_heading "Creating new branch ${release_branch_name} @ ${latest_tag_sha}"
-    git checkout -b "${release_branch_name}" "${latest_tag_sha}"
-    git push --set-upstream origin "${release_branch_name}"
-
-    cherry_pick_sha=""
-    while [ -z "${cherry_pick_sha}" ]; do
-        read -p "Commit to cherry pick: " cherry_pick_sha
-        print_heading "Cherry-picking ${cherry_pick_sha} to branch ${release_branch_name}"
-        git cherry-pick "${cherry_pick_sha}"
-        git push origin ${release_branch_name}:${release_branch_name}
-        git tag "${new_tag_name}" -s -m "${new_tag_name}" "origin/${release_branch_name}"
-    done
-
-    print_heading "Complete the following steps:"
-    echo "- Diff: https://github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/compare/${latest_tag_name}...${release_branch_name}"
-    echo "- Open https://github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/actions/workflows/boulder-ci.yml"
-    echo "- Ensure that the CI pass for ${release_branch_name} completes successfully"
-    echo "- Run: git push origin ${new_tag_name}"
-else
-  exit_msg "No hotfix release branch was created, exiting..."
-fi
-
-# Because set -e stops execution in the instance of a command or pipeline error;
-# if we got here we assume success
-STATUS="SUCCESS"