Use the version from tag to perform the release

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -44,12 +44,8 @@ jobs:
       - image: circleci/openjdk:11.0.6-jdk-buster
     steps:
       - setup_build_environment
-      - run: ./gradlew :tag -Prelease
+      - run: echo "Releasing version" && ./gradlew printVersion
       - run: ./gradlew publish
-      - add_ssh_keys:
-          fingerprints:
-            - 'f1:dd:0f:dc:42:b3:bf:9f:b8:e3:e8:3f:9b:92:04:fb'
-      - run: git push origin $(./gradlew -q :printVersion)
 
 workflows:
   version: 2
@@ -72,4 +68,4 @@ workflows:
             branches:
               ignore: /.*/
             tags:
-              only: /^release-.*/
+              only: /^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/

.gitignore

@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ hs_err_pid*
 build
 
 .idea
+
+# the ./gradlew printVersion generates this file
+# ignore this file because the version is consumed from the git tags only
+semantic-build-versioning.gradle

RELEASE.md

@@ -1,25 +1,18 @@
 # Release
 
-This repository uses fully automated release process. The release build is triggered by pushing a release tag e.g.
-`git tag release-1 && git push origin release-1` (`1` is a sequence number to trigger the release). 
-The release version is supplied from the
-[Hypertrace version plugin](https://github.com/hypertrace/hypertrace-gradle-version-settings-plugin)
-that uses git history and [semantic versioning settings](./semantic-build-versioning.gradle) to
-decide what the next release version should be.
-
-The major version is incremented if commit history contains:
-* Prefix `BREAKING CHANGE`
-* Feature suffix `!` e.g. `feat!` or `feat(scope)!`
+This repository uses automated release process. The release build is triggered by pushing a release tag e.g.
+`git tag 0.2.0 && git push origin 0.2.0` to release version `0.2.0`. 
 
-The minor version is incremented if commit history contains:
-* `feat` or `feat(scope)`
-
-The patch version is incremented in other cases.
+The version is supplied from the
+[Hypertrace version plugin](https://github.com/hypertrace/hypertrace-gradle-version-settings-plugin)
+that uses git history (e.g. the latest tag) to derive the version. For instance if the last
+commit has a tag then the version from tag is used. If the last commit does not have a tag then
+the last tag version with `-SNAPSHOT` is used.
 
-## Print the next release version:
+## Print the current version:
 
 ```bash
-./gradlew printVersion -Prelease
+./gradlew printVersion # -Prelease - prints the next release version, it's not used at the moment.
 ```
 
 ## Release CI job