release: cleanup patch, minor, major

lib/release/base.rb

@@ -26,17 +26,25 @@ module Release
     end
 
     private
-    
+
       def validate_version_format (version)
-        error "invalid version number format: #{version}"  unless version =~ /\d+\.\d+\.\d+/
+        error "Invalid version number format. Try using MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH."  unless version =~ /\d+\.\d+\.\d+/
       end
 
       def validate_version_is_new (version)
-        error "version already exists: #{git_local_list_tags.join(' ')}" if git_local_list_tags.include? "v#{version}"
+        error "Version already exists: #{git_local_list_tags.join(' ')}" if git_local_list_tags.include? "v#{version}"
+      end
+
+      def validate_version_exists (version)
+        error "Version does not exist: #{git_local_list_tags.join(' ')}" unless git_local_list_tags.include? "v#{version}"
       end
 
       def validate_current_branch_master
-        error "invalid starting branch: #{current_branch}"  unless standard_branches.include? current_branch
+        error "Invalid starting branch: #{current_branch}.  Try switching to #{standard_branches.join(' ')}."  unless standard_branches.include? current_branch
+      end
+
+      def validate_release_branch_does_not_exist (branch)
+        error "Version branch already exists: #{branch}" if remote_branch(branch) != ""
       end
   end