= Making a Release of JGit

This step is only necessary if we need to create an unofficial JGit
snapshot release and publish it to the
link:https://developers.google.com/storage/[Google Cloud Storage].


[[prepare-release]]
== Prepare the Release

Since JGit has its own release process we do not push any release tags
for JGit. Instead we will use the output of the `git describe` as the
version of the current JGit snapshot.

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  ./tools/version.sh --release $(git describe)
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[[publish-release]]
== Publish the Release

* Make sure you have done the configuration needed for deployment:
** link:dev-release-deploy-config.html#deploy-configuration-settings-xml[
Configuration in Maven `settings.xml`]
** link:dev-release-deploy-config.html#deploy-configuration-subprojects[
Configuration for Subprojects in `pom.xml`]

* Deploy the new snapshot. From JGit workspace execute:
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  mvn deploy
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