Perform Release

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.

Test your settings:

mvn clean install -Papache-release -Pall -DcreateChecksum=true -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dgpg.passphrase=********

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=********"

mvn relase:perform

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

svn co https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/samoa samoa-apache-dist

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