diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e697535e..c210edbe3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ verify-copyright:
 add-copyright:
 	@$(MAKE) copyright.add
 
+## release: release the project
+.PHONY: release
+release: release.verify release.ensure-tag
+	@scripts/release.sh
+
 ## help: Show this help info.
 .PHONY: help
 help: Makefile
diff --git a/scripts/coverage.sh b/scripts/coverage.sh
index d4605ee3f..fbb2b36fc 100755
--- a/scripts/coverage.sh
+++ b/scripts/coverage.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-
 # http://stackoverflow.com/a/21142256/2055281
 
 echo "mode: atomic" > coverage.txt
@@ -27,4 +26,3 @@ for d in $(find ./* -maxdepth 10 -type d); do
         fi
     fi
 done
-
diff --git a/scripts/ensure_tag.sh b/scripts/ensure_tag.sh
index 2da3c404f..c6fea7ca0 100755
--- a/scripts/ensure_tag.sh
+++ b/scripts/ensure_tag.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 # Copyright © 2023 OpenIM. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
diff --git a/scripts/lib/version.sh b/scripts/lib/version.sh
index 9e3e055fd..65f9bb353 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib/version.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ openim::version::get_version_vars() {
         :
       fi
 
-
       # Try to match the "git describe" output to a regex to try to extract
       # the "major" and "minor" versions and whether this is the exact tagged
       # version or whether the tree is between two tagged versions.
diff --git a/scripts/make-rules/release.mk b/scripts/make-rules/release.mk
index 06b7b7e47..f3fd3d5f3 100644
--- a/scripts/make-rules/release.mk
+++ b/scripts/make-rules/release.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # Versions are used after merging
 #
 
-## release: release the project
+## release.run: release the project
 .PHONY: release.run
 release.run: release.verify release.ensure-tag
 	@scripts/release.sh
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ release.ensure-tag: tools.verify.gsemver
 ## release.help: Display help information about the release package
 .PHONY: release.help
 release.help: scripts/make-rules/release.mk
-	$(call smallhelp)
\ No newline at end of file
+	$(call smallhelp)