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

mvn relase:perform -Papache-release -Pall -Darguments="-DcreateChecksum=true -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dgpg.passphrase=********"

Go to https://repository.apache.org to close the staging repository.

After voting on the dev@ list the release can be promoted.

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http://incubator.apache.org/guides/release.html

http://vincent.demeester.fr/posts/2012-07-23-maven-release-gitflow/

https://github.com/apache/incubator-tinkerpop/blob/master/README.asciidoc