Here are the steps to follow when making a release.
- Update
HISTORY.md - Remove the "-SNAPSHOT" from the version "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT" in
pom.xml(where 0.1.2 is the actual version, of course)$ mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=0.1.2
- Add new contributors to
pom.xml, if any - Commit those changes as "Release 0.1.2"
$ git add pom.xml$ git commit -m "Release 0.1.2"
- Tag commit as "v0.1.2" with short description of main changes
$ git tag -a v0.1.2 -m "Description of changes"
- Push to main repo on GitHub
$ git push origin master$ git push origin v0.1.2
- Wait for build to go green
- Publish to Maven Central
$ mvn clean deploy -P release
- Updated the version to "0.1.3-SNAPSHOT" in
pom.xml(where 0.1.3 is the next release version, of course)$ mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=0.1.3-SNAPSHOT
- Commit those changes as "Preparing for next release"
$ git add pom.xml$ git commit -m "Preparing for next release"
- Push to main repo on GitHub
$ git push origin master