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The following command deploys the binary release artifacts for iTest, tests and other helper files, checksums, and signatures (you will need to enter a GPG passphrase) to the Apache Staging repo.
Until BIGTOP-1463 is fixed you need to manually exclude assembly and rat-check plugins plugin from the top-level pom while doing the following three steps
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If this step fails with an Access denied error check that you have the required permissions on Nexus.
Restore the assembly plugin configration (workaround for BIGTOP-1463).The following command deploys the artifacts, checksums, and signatures (you might need to enter a GPG passphrase again) to the Apache Staging repo.
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