Releasing

Follow these steps when preparing a release

Note - the maven release plugin is used for managing releases. This plugin requires that releases be performed from a -SNAPSHOT version.

Therefore, pom version numbers should be managed exclusively via the release plugin.

Branch

Assuming this is the first release of a new release set -- eg., x.x.0 release:

mvn release:branch -DbranchName=rel-1.0

Note - the naming convention for branches is rel-x.x. Point-patch releases (the z in x.y.z) are not included in the branch name.

mvn release:prepare

 mvn release:perform

Then log on to https://oss.sonatype.org/index.html#stagingRepositories -> Filter to The Mango Factory, and close the listed repo.

Finally, release the Mango Factory repo.