how-to-build-a-release.md

How to build a new release

The release process involves using the Maven Nexus plugin to deploy to the Maven Central OSS repository. It does not use the maven release plguin.

Step 1 - set the new version number

mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=2.3.25
mvn versions:commit

Step 2 - Commit and tag this version

git commit -a -m"Updated to version 2.3.25"
git tag v2.3.25
git push

Deploy to Nexus

mvn clean deploy -Prelease

Update to next snapshot version

mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=2.3.26-SNAPSHOT
mvn versions:commit