Maven-notes.md

Maven Notes

Check license headers

mvn license:check

Check source code format

mvn formatter:validate

Format source code

mvn formatter:format

Format license headers

mvn license:format

Test deploying a snapshot

Replace the <snapshotRepository> with a local file path like:

	<distributionManagement>
		<snapshotRepository>
			<id>local</id>
			<name>local</name>
			<url>file:../local_repo/deploy</url>
		</snapshotRepository>
		<repository>
			<id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
			<name>Sonatype Nexus release repository</name>
			<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
		</repository>
	</distributionManagement>

and run: mvn clean deploy

Deploy a snapshot to Sonatype Nexus snapshot repository

mvn clean deploy

Deploy a release

1. Adapt and Update CHANGELOG.md, README.md
2. Commit
3. make sure you have GPG and a personal key (otherwise the maven-gpg-plugin fails with error 127)
4. make sure you have added an personal ssh-key to your GitHub account (otherwise the maven-release-plugin will fail after prepare-commit)
5. Release:

   (check existing tags)
   mvn clean test
   mvn release:clean release:prepare -Darguments=-Dgpg.passphrase=thephrase  -Psonatype-oss-release
   
   mvn release:perform -Psonatype-oss-release
   

6. Update Wiki with CHANGELOG.md and new Javadoc
7. Update CHANGELOG.md and README.md on develop branch

Internal notes

• http://central.sonatype.org/pages/ossrh-guide.html
• http://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-deployment.html
• http://datumedge.blogspot.de/2012/05/publishing-from-github-to-maven-central.html