diff --git a/releasing/releasing/go.sum b/releasing/releasing/go.sum
index 6cf129d9c..3585e1894 100644
--- a/releasing/releasing/go.sum
+++ b/releasing/releasing/go.sum
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsr
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+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7 h1:IXs+QLmnXW2CcXuY+8Mzv/fWEsPGWxqefPtCP5CnV9I=
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@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.0/go.mod h1:E7qHFY5m1UJ88s3WnNqhKjPHQ0heANvMoA
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.0.0/go.mod h1:FiyG127CGDf3tlThmgyCl78X/SZQqEOJBCDaAfeWzPs=
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+github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=
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@@ -48,12 +50,16 @@ github.com/kr/logfmt v0.0.0-20140226030751-b84e30acd515/go.mod h1:+0opPa2QZZtGFB
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
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 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
+github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0 h1:LLgXmsheXeRoUOBOjtwPQCWIYqM/LU1ayDtDePerRcY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
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+github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
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+github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2 h1:fmNYVwqnSfB9mZU6OS2O6GsXM+wcskZDuKQzvN1EDeE=
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+github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0 h1:T5zMGML61Wp+FlcbWjRDT7yAxhJNAiPPLOFECq181zc=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/94hg7ilaic=
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@@ -72,13 +78,17 @@ github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeV
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+github.com/spf13/afero v1.1.2 h1:m8/z1t7/fwjysjQRYbP0RD+bUIF/8tJwPdEZsI83ACI=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.1.2/go.mod h1:j4pytiNVoe2o6bmDsKpLACNPDBIoEAkihy7loJ1B0CQ=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.0 h1:oget//CVOEoFewqQxwr0Ej5yjygnqGkvggSE/gB35Q8=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0 h1:6m/oheQuQ13N9ks4hubMG6BnvwOeaJrqSPLahSnczz8=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0/go.mod h1:/6GTrnGXV9HjY+aR4k0oJ5tcvakLuG6EuKReYlHNrgE=
+github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0 h1:XHEdyB+EcvlqZamSM4ZOMGlc93t6AcsBEu9Gc1vn7yk=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3 h1:zPAT6CGy6wXeQ7NtTnaTerfKOsV6V6F8agHXFiazDkg=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.4.0 h1:yXHLWeravcrgGyFSyCgdYpXQ9dR9c/WED3pg1RhxqEU=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.4.0/go.mod h1:PTJ7Z/lr49W6bUbkmS1V3by4uWynFiR9p7+dSq/yZzE=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
@@ -107,7 +117,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180830151530-49385e6e1522/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180905080454-ebe1bf3edb33/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
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 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181116152217-5ac8a444bdc5/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a h1:1BGLXjeY4akVXGgbC9HugT3Jv3hCI0z56oJR5vAMgBU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180221164845-07fd8470d635/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
@@ -123,5 +135,6 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/resty.v1 v1.12.0/go.mod h1:mDo4pnntr5jdWRML875a/NmxYqAlA73dVijT2AXvQQo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.0.0-20170812160011-eb3733d160e7/go.mod h1:JAlM8MvJe8wmxCU4Bli9HhUf9+ttbYbLASfIpnQbh74=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
diff --git a/releasing/releasing/releasing.go b/releasing/releasing/releasing.go
index 63de6c4d6..462b61a88 100644
--- a/releasing/releasing/releasing.go
+++ b/releasing/releasing/releasing.go
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -11,23 +19,28 @@ var modules = [...]string{
 	"kyaml", "api", "kstatus", "cmd/config",
 	"cmd/resource", "cmd/kubectl", "pluginator", "kustomize",
 }
-var verbose bool
+var verbose bool   // Enable verbose or not
+var tempDir string // Temporary directory path for git worktree
+var pwd string     // Current working directory
 
 // === Log helper functions ===
-func logDebug(s string) {
+
+func logDebug(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 	if verbose {
-		log.Println("DEBUG " + s)
+		log.Printf("DEBUG "+format, v...)
 	}
 }
 
-func logInfo(s string) {
-	log.Println("INFO " + s)
+func logInfo(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	log.Printf("INFO "+format, v...)
 }
 
-func logFatal(s string) {
-	log.Fatalln("FATAL " + s)
+func logFatal(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	log.Fatalf("FATAL "+format, v...)
 }
 
+// === Command line commands ===
+
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "releasing",
 	Short: "This go program is used to improve the modules releasing process in Kustomize repository.",
@@ -37,7 +50,18 @@ var listSubCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "list",
 	Short: "List current version of all covered modules",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		res := []string{}
+		var err error
+		pwd, err = os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
+			logFatal(err.Error())
+		}
+		logDebug("Working directory: %s", pwd)
+		remote := "upstream"
+		// Check remotes
+		checkRemoteExistence(pwd, remote)
+		// Fetch latest tags from remote
+		fetchTags(pwd, remote)
+		res := []string{} // Store result strings
 		for _, mod := range modules {
 			res = append(res, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", mod, getModuleCurrentVersion(mod)))
 		}
@@ -47,10 +71,29 @@ var listSubCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+var release = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "release",
+	Short: "Release a new version of specified module",
+	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		logDebug("Preparing Git environemnt")
+		prepareGit()
+	},
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		logInfo("Done")
+	},
+	PostRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		logDebug("Cleaning Git environment")
+		cleanGit()
+	},
+}
+
 var subCmds = [...]*cobra.Command{
 	listSubCmd,
+	release,
 }
 
+// === Main function ===
+
 func main() {
 	for _, cmd := range subCmds {
 		rootCmd.AddCommand(cmd)
@@ -63,25 +106,147 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func getModuleCurrentVersion(modName string) string {
-	mod := newModule(modName)
+	mod := newModule(modName, pwd)
 	mod.updateCurrentVersion()
-	return mod.currentVersion
+	v := mod.version.toString()
+	logDebug("module %s version.toString => %s", mod.name, v)
+	return v
 }
 
+func checkRemoteExistence(path string, remote string) {
+	logDebug("Checking remote %s in %s", remote, path)
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "remote")
+	cmd.Dir = path
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		logFatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	logDebug("Remotes:\n%s", out.String())
+
+	regString := fmt.Sprintf("(?m)^%s$", remote)
+	reg := regexp.MustCompile(regString)
+	if !reg.MatchString(out.String()) {
+		logFatal("Cannot find remote named %s", remote)
+	}
+	logDebug("Remote %s exists", remote)
+}
+
+func fetchTags(path string, remote string) {
+	logDebug("Fetching latest tags")
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "fetch", "-t", remote)
+	cmd.Dir = path
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		logFatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	logDebug("Finished fetching")
+}
+
+// === module version struct and functions definition ===
+
+type moduleVersion struct {
+	major int
+	minor int
+	patch int
+}
+
+func (v moduleVersion) toString() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("v%d.%d.%d", v.major, v.minor, v.patch)
+}
+
+func (v *moduleVersion) set(major int, minor int, patch int) {
+	v.major = major
+	v.minor = minor
+	v.patch = patch
+}
+
+// === module struct and functions definition ===
+
 type module struct {
-	name           string
-	path           string
-	currentVersion string
+	name    string
+	path    string
+	version moduleVersion
 }
 
-func newModule(modName string) module {
+func newModule(modName string, path string) module {
 	mod := module{
 		name: modName,
+		path: path,
 	}
-	logDebug(fmt.Sprintf("Created module struct for %s", modName))
+	logDebug("Created module struct for %s", modName)
 	return mod
 }
 
 func (m *module) updateCurrentVersion() {
-	m.currentVersion = "v1.0.0"
+	logDebug("Getting latest tag for %s", m.name)
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "tag", "-l")
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+	cmd.Dir = m.path
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		logFatal(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Search for module tag
+	regString := fmt.Sprintf("(?m)^%s/v(\\d+\\.){2}\\d+$", m.name)
+	reg := regexp.MustCompile(regString)
+	tagsString := reg.FindAllString(out.String(), -1)
+	logDebug("Tags for module %s:\n%s", m.name, tagsString)
+	var versions []moduleVersion
+	for _, tag := range tagsString {
+		v := tag[len(m.name)+2:]
+		vs := strings.Split(v, ".")
+		major, err := strconv.Atoi(vs[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			logFatal(err.Error())
+		}
+		minor, err := strconv.Atoi(vs[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			logFatal(err.Error())
+		}
+		patch, err := strconv.Atoi(vs[2])
+		if err != nil {
+			logFatal(err.Error())
+		}
+		versions = append(versions, moduleVersion{
+			major: major,
+			minor: minor,
+			patch: patch,
+		})
+	}
+	// Sort to find latest tag
+	sort.Slice(versions, func(i, j int) bool {
+		if versions[i].major == versions[j].major && versions[i].minor == versions[j].minor {
+			return versions[i].patch > versions[j].patch
+		} else if versions[i].major == versions[j].major {
+			return versions[i].minor > versions[j].minor
+		} else {
+			return versions[i].major > versions[j].major
+		}
+	})
+
+	m.version = versions[0]
+}
+
+// === Git environment functions ===
+
+func prepareGit() {
+	var err error
+	tempDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "kustomize-releases")
+	if err != nil {
+		logFatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	logDebug("Created git temp dir: " + tempDir)
+}
+
+func cleanGit() {
+	logDebug("Deleting git temp dir: " + tempDir)
+	err := os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		logFatal(err.Error())
+	}
+	logDebug("Deleting done")
 }
diff --git a/releasing/releasing/releasing_test.go b/releasing/releasing/releasing_test.go
index 6f954e225..28c389b71 100644
--- a/releasing/releasing/releasing_test.go
+++ b/releasing/releasing/releasing_test.go
@@ -1,12 +1,30 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestGetModuleCurrentVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	output := getModuleCurrentVersion("test")
-	if output != "v1.0.0" {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected output: %s", output)
+	var err error
+	pwd, err = os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf(err.Error())
+	}
+	remote := "upstream"
+	// Check remotes
+	checkRemoteExistence(pwd, remote)
+	// Fetch latest tags from remote
+	fetchTags(pwd, remote)
+	for _, mod := range modules {
+		v := getModuleCurrentVersion(mod)
+		valid, err := regexp.MatchString("^v(\\d+\\.){2}\\d+$", v)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf(err.Error())
+		}
+		if !valid {
+			t.Errorf("Returned version %s is not valid", v)
+		}
 	}
 }