Update RELEASING now that it\s manual publishing again

RELEASING.md

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 See the [prerequisites](#prerequisites) if this is your first release.
 
-1. Check [closed issues without a milestone](https://github.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20no%3Amilestone) and either assign them the upcoming release milestone or 'invalid'
-1. Create a [new release](https://github.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/releases/new) with:
-    * the next tag version (e.g. `v0.4.0`)
-    * title and release description including notable changes
-    * link to the [milestone](https://github.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/milestones) showing an overview of closed issues for this release
-    * overview of contributors generated by [`sbt-authors`](https://github.com/2m/authors)
-1. Travis CI will start a [CI build](https://travis-ci.org/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/builds) for the new tag and publish artifacts to Sonatype
-1. Close/Release the staging repository on oss.sonatype.org.
-1. Close the milestone for this release and create a new one
+## Step 0: Create a new release tracking
+
+1. Click ["new issue"][issues/new];
+2. Opening the raw [RELEASING.md][] content; and
+3. Copying the following release checklist, up to "You are done!", into the new issue and create it.
+
+## Release checklist
+
+* [ ] Check [closed issues without a milestone][issues/orphan] and either assign them the upcoming release milestone or 'invalid'
+* [ ] Create a [new release][releases/new] with:
+  * [ ] the next tag version (e.g. `v0.4.0`)
+  * [ ] title and release description including notable changes
+  * [ ] link to the [milestone][milestones/list] showing an overview of closed issues for this release
+  * [ ] overview of contributors generated by [`sbt-authors`](https://github.com/2m/authors)
+* [ ] Pull the tag, check `show version` then run `clean; publishSigned`.  You should start seeing "published sbt-java-formatter to https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/..".
+* [ ] [Find, close and release][sonatype/staging-repos] your staging repository.  (See Sonatype's [Releasing the Deployment][sonatype/guide] guide.)
+* [ ] [Close][milestones/list] the milestone for this release and create a new one.
+
+[issues/new]:      https://github.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/issues/new
+[issues/orphan]:   https://github.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20no%3Amilestone
+[compare/view]:    https://github.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/compare/0.8.1...master
+[milestones/list]: https://github.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/milestones?direction=asc
+[releases/list]:   https://github.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/releases
+[releases/new]:    https://github.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/releases/new
+
+[RELEASING.md]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sbt/sbt-java-formatter/master/RELEASING.md
+[sonatype/guide]: https://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-deployment.html
+[sonatype/staging-repos]: https://oss.sonatype.org/#stagingRepositories
 
 ## Prerequisites