This outlines the maintainers steps to release the Jenkins Slack plugin. Follow the Jenkins documentation for making a new release.
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Configure your credentials in
~/.m2/settings.xml
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Create a new issue to track the release and give it the label
maintainer communication
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Create a release branch.
git checkout origin/master -b prepare_release
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Update the release notes in
CHANGELOG.md
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Open a pull request from
prepare_release
branch tomaster
branch. Merge it. -
Fetch the latest
master
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Execute the release plugin.
mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.5:prepare org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.5:perform
I pin which version of the release plugin to use because of the working around common issues section of the release document.