diff --git a/gitfeatures/core.py b/gitfeatures/core.py
index 7da6017..1840b58 100644
--- a/gitfeatures/core.py
+++ b/gitfeatures/core.py
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ def _get_branches(branch_type):
 
 def run(prefix, args):
     if len(args) and args[0].lower() == "new":
-        if prefix == "releasecandidate":
+        allowed_branch_types = ["releasecandidate", "stable", "release", "hotfix"]
+        if prefix in allowed_branch_types:
             if len(args) == 2:
                 new_feature(args[1], prefix)
             else:
diff --git a/scripts/git-hotfix b/scripts/git-hotfix
index 24f65d8..4f99a71 100755
--- a/scripts/git-hotfix
+++ b/scripts/git-hotfix
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ import sys
 
 import gitfeatures
 
-gitfeatures.run("hotfix", sys.argv[1:])
+gitfeatures.hotfix(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/scripts/git-release b/scripts/git-release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..81a223c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/git-release
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import sys
+
+import gitfeatures
+
+gitfeatures.release(sys.argv[1:])