Releasing

1. Update the dependency version of htmlunit.

2. Update the pom version to match htmlunit:

    mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=2.28
   

3. Commit&Push the changes

4. Deploy to maven central (clean is a must to avoid Eclipse/maven conflicts):

    mvn clean deploy
   

5. Log into sonatype nexus - https://oss.sonatype.org/index.html#stagingRepositories close and release the package

6. Deploy the javadoc to gh-pages:

    mvn javadoc:javadoc scm-publish:publish-scm
   

   You may need to:

    git config --global commit.gpgsign false
   

7. Create version on github open https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/htmlunit-driver/releases and click 'Draft a new release' fill the release number and use the same as title write some notes about the changes done for this release

   add the files

   • htmlunit-driver-2.xx.x-jar-with-dependencies.jar and
   • htmlunit-driver-2.28.5.jar

   Publish the release (github will create a tag for you in the background)

8. Update the pom to the next snapshot version:

    mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=2.29-SNAPSHOT
   

9. Change the README.md

10. Commit the new version and then push:

    git commit -am "bumping to 2.29-SNAPSHOT"; git push