RELEASE.md

To release a build

• change all x.y.z-SNAPSHOT to x.y.z in all poms
• change tag HEAD to x.y.z in scm tag in parent pom
• finish and update CHANGELOG.md, update ..master to ..x.y.z
• commit and push with comment "Release x.y.z"
• git tag x.y.z
• git push --tags
• use github action release to deploy to maven central
• release staging repo in Sonatype ui
• change all x.y.z in all poms to x.y.z+1-SNAPSHOT
• change tag x.y.z in scm tag in parent pom to HEAD
• prepare CHANGELOG.md for x.y.z+1-SNAPSHOT
• commit and push with comment "Prepare for release x.y.z+1-SNAPSHOT"

When release fails before "release staging in Sonatype ui"

• drop staging repo
• git tag -d x.y.z
• git push origin :refs/tags/x.y.z
• fix-commit-push and start release again with tagging steps above

In GitHub:

• create release from tag via Actions
• update release notes with CHANGELOG.md contents
• download sonar-pmd-plugin-x.y.z.jar and upload in release notes
• close milestone x.y.z
• create new milestone x.y.z+1

To marketplace:

• See deploying-to-the-marketplace
• See our first forum post: new-release-sonar-pmd-plugin-3-4-0