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How to perform an Apache release.

First, configure your ~/.m2/settings.xml file to include your credentials.

<settings>
...
  <servers>
    <!-- To publish a snapshot of some part of Maven -->
    <server>
      <id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
      <username> <!-- YOUR APACHE LDAP USERNAME --> </username>
      <password> <!-- YOUR APACHE LDAP PASSWORD (encrypted) --> </password>
    </server>
    <!-- To stage a release of some part of Maven -->
    <server>
      <id>apache.releases.https</id>
      <username> <!-- YOUR APACHE LDAP USERNAME --> </username>
      <password> <!-- YOUR APACHE LDAP PASSWORD (encrypted) --> </password>
    </server>
   ...
  </servers>
</settings>

To encrypt your password, use Maven's password encryption capabilities.

To run on the clean master branch.

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Test your settings:

mvn clean packageinstall -Papache-release -Pall -DautoVersionSubmodules=true -DdevelopmentVersion=X.Y.Z-incubating-SNAPSHOT -DcreateChecksum=true -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dgpg.passphrase=********

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Perform the release:

mvn release:prepare -Papache-release -Pall -DautoVersionSubmodules=true -DdevelopmentVersion=X.Y.Z-incubating-SNAPSHOT -Darguments="-DcreateChecksum=true -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dgpg.passphrase=********"

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