diff --git a/Tools/github_functions.ps1 b/Tools/github_functions.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e87e1e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/github_functions.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+$githubUrl = 'https://api.github.com'
+
+
+function Publish-GitHubRelease {
+    param (
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $Owner,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $Repository,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $ReleaseTitle,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $TagName,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        # Either the SHA of the commit to target or the branch name.
+        $TargetCommitish,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $Description,
+
+        [bool]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $IsDraft,
+
+        [bool]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $IsPrerelease,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        # The OAuth2 token to use for authentication.
+        $AuthToken
+    )
+
+    $body = New-GitHubReleaseRequestBody -tag_name $TagName -target_commitish $TargetCommitish -name $ReleaseTitle -body $Description -draft $IsDraft -prerelease $IsPrerelease
+    $req_publishRelease = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$githubUrl/repos/$Owner/$Repository/releases" -Method Post -Headers @{"Authorization"="token $AuthToken"} -Body $body -ErrorAction Stop
+    $response_publishRelease = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $req_publishRelease.Content
+
+    Write-Output $response_publishRelease
+}
+
+
+function Edit-GitHubRelease {
+    param (
+        [string]
+        #[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $Owner,
+
+        [string]
+        #[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $Repository,
+
+        [string]
+        #[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $ReleaseId,
+
+        [string]
+        #
+        $ReleaseTitle,
+
+        [string]
+        #
+        $TagName,
+
+        [string]
+        # Either the SHA of the commit to target or the branch name.
+        $TargetCommitish,
+
+        [string]
+        #
+        $Description,
+
+        [bool]
+        #
+        $IsDraft,
+
+        [bool]
+        #
+        $IsPrerelease,
+
+        [string]
+        #[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        # The OAuth2 token to use for authentication.
+        $AuthToken
+    )
+
+    $body_params = @{
+        "TagName" = $TagName
+        "TargetCommitish" = $TargetCommitish
+        "ReleaseTitle" = $ReleaseTitle
+        "Description" = $Description
+    }
+    if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("IsDraft")) { $body_params.Add("IsDraft", $IsDraft) }
+    if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("IsPrerelease")) { $body_params.Add("IsPrerelease", $IsPrerelease) }
+
+    $body = New-GitHubReleaseRequestBody @body_params
+    $req_editRelease = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$githubUrl/repos/$Owner/$Repository/releases/$ReleaseId" -Method Post -Headers @{"Authorization"="token $AuthToken"} -Body $body -ErrorAction Stop
+    $response_editRelease = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $req_editRelease.Content
+
+    Write-Output $response_editRelease
+}
+
+
+function Get-GitHubRelease {
+    param (
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $Owner,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $Repository,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        #
+        $ReleaseId,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        # The OAuth2 token to use for authentication.
+        $AuthToken
+    )
+
+    $req_getRelease = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$githubUrl/repos/$Owner/$Repository/releases/$ReleaseId" -Method Get -Headers @{"Authorization"="token $AuthToken"} -ErrorAction Stop
+    $response_getRelease = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $req_getRelease.Content
+
+    Write-Output $response_getRelease
+}
+
+
+function Upload-GitHubReleaseAsset {
+    param (
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        $UploadUri,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        # Path to the file to upload with the release
+        $FilePath,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        # Content type of the file
+        $ContentType,
+
+        [string]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        # The OAuth2 token to use for authentication.
+        $AuthToken
+    )
+
+    $UploadUri = $UploadUri -replace "(\{[\w,\?]*\})$"
+    $file = Get-Item -Path $FilePath
+
+    $req_uploadZipAsset = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$($UploadUri)?name=$($file.Name)" -Method Post -Headers @{"Authorization"="token $AuthToken"} -ContentType $ContentType -InFile $file.FullName -ErrorAction Stop
+}
+
+
+function New-GitHubReleaseRequestBody {
+    param (
+        [string]
+        # 
+        $TagName,
+
+        [string]
+        # Either the SHA of the commit to target or the branch name.
+        $TargetCommitish,
+
+        [string]
+        # Title of the release
+        $ReleaseTitle,
+
+        [string]
+        # Description of the release
+        $Description,
+
+        [bool]
+        # Is this a draft?
+        $IsDraft,
+
+        [bool]
+        # Is this a pre-release?
+        $IsPrerelease
+    )
+
+    $body_params = [ordered]@{}
+    if ($TagName -ne "")         { $body_params.Add("tag_name", $TagName) }
+    if ($TargetCommitish -ne "") { $body_params.Add("target_commitish", $TargetCommitish) }
+    if ($ReleaseTitle -ne "")    { $body_params.Add("name", $ReleaseTitle) }
+    if ($Description -ne "")     { $body_params.Add("body", $Description) }
+    if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("IsDraft"))         { $body_params.Add("draft", $IsDraft) }
+    if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("IsPrerelease"))    { $body_params.Add("prerelease", $IsPrerelease) }
+
+    $json_body = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $body_params -Compress
+    Write-Output $json_body
+}
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diff --git a/Tools/publish_to_github.ps1 b/Tools/publish_to_github.ps1
index 6a8344321..4f920a0d8 100644
--- a/Tools/publish_to_github.ps1
+++ b/Tools/publish_to_github.ps1
@@ -62,137 +62,15 @@ param (
 )
 
 
-$githubUrl = 'https://api.github.com'
 if ($DescriptionIsBase64Encoded) {
     $Description = ([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($Description)))
 }
 
 
-function Publish-Release {
-    param (
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        #
-        $Owner,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        #
-        $Repository,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        #
-        $ReleaseTitle,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        #
-        $TagName,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        # Either the SHA of the commit to target or the branch name.
-        $TargetCommitish,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        #
-        $Description,
-
-        [bool]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        #
-        $IsDraft,
-
-        [bool]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        #
-        $IsPrerelease,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        # The OAuth2 token to use for authentication.
-        $AuthToken
-    )
-
-    $body_publishRelease = @{
-      "tag_name" = $TagName
-      "target_commitish" = $TargetCommitish
-      "name" = $ReleaseTitle
-      "body" = $Description
-      "draft" = $IsDraft
-      "prerelease" = $IsPrerelease
-    }
-
-    $req_publishRelease = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$githubUrl/repos/$Owner/$Repository/releases" -Method Post -Headers @{"Authorization"="token $AuthToken"} -Body (ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $body_publishRelease -Compress) -ErrorAction Stop
-    $response_publishRelease = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $req_publishRelease.Content
-
-    Write-Output $response_publishRelease
-}
+. "$PSScriptRoot\github_functions.ps1"
 
 
-function Get-GitHubRelease {
-    param (
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        #
-        $Owner,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        #
-        $Repository,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        #
-        $ReleaseId,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        # The OAuth2 token to use for authentication.
-        $AuthToken
-    )
-
-    $req_getRelease = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$githubUrl/repos/$Owner/$Repository/releases/$ReleaseId" -Method Get -Headers @{"Authorization"="token $AuthToken"} -ErrorAction Stop
-    $response_getRelease = ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $req_getRelease.Content
-
-    Write-Output $response_getRelease
-}
-
-
-function Upload-ReleaseAsset {
-    param (
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        $UploadUri,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        # Path to the file to upload with the release
-        $FilePath,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        # Content type of the file
-        $ContentType,
-
-        [string]
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        # The OAuth2 token to use for authentication.
-        $AuthToken
-    )
-
-    $UploadUri = $UploadUri -replace "(\{[\w,\?]*\})$"
-    $file = Get-Item -Path $FilePath
-
-    $req_uploadZipAsset = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$($UploadUri)?name=$($file.Name)" -Method Post -Headers @{"Authorization"="token $AuthToken"} -ContentType $ContentType -InFile $file.FullName -ErrorAction Stop
-}
-
-
-
-$release = Publish-Release -Owner $Owner -Repository $Repository -ReleaseTitle $ReleaseTitle -TagName $TagName -TargetCommitish $TargetCommitish -Description $Description -IsDraft ([bool]::Parse($IsDraft)) -IsPrerelease ([bool]::Parse($IsPrerelease)) -AuthToken $AuthToken
-$zipUpload = Upload-ReleaseAsset -UploadUri $release.upload_url -FilePath $ZipFilePath -ContentType "application/zip" -AuthToken $AuthToken
-$msiUpload = Upload-ReleaseAsset -UploadUri $release.upload_url -FilePath $MsiFilePath -ContentType "application/octet-stream" -AuthToken $AuthToken
+$release = Publish-GitHubRelease -Owner $Owner -Repository $Repository -ReleaseTitle $ReleaseTitle -TagName $TagName -TargetCommitish $TargetCommitish -Description $Description -IsDraft ([bool]::Parse($IsDraft)) -IsPrerelease ([bool]::Parse($IsPrerelease)) -AuthToken $AuthToken
+$zipUpload = Upload-GitHubReleaseAsset -UploadUri $release.upload_url -FilePath $ZipFilePath -ContentType "application/zip" -AuthToken $AuthToken
+$msiUpload = Upload-GitHubReleaseAsset -UploadUri $release.upload_url -FilePath $MsiFilePath -ContentType "application/octet-stream" -AuthToken $AuthToken
 Write-Output (Get-GitHubRelease -Owner $Owner -Repository $Repository -ReleaseId $release.id -AuthToken $AuthToken)
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