Maintenance instructions

Releasing a new version

In this example, suppose the latest release is 0.4.1 and the project is currently at version 0.4.2-SNAPSHOT. We will be performing a release of version 0.4.2 and then updating the project to version 0.4.3-SNAPSHOT.

1. Run the task: ./gradlew updateVersion -PnextVersion=0.4.2
2. Run the task: ./gradlew publish to publish release artifacts to maven central staging
3. Log in to your Sonatype account at https://oss.sonatype.org/
4. Go to the Staging Repositories tab and refresh. You will see a staging repo ID such as orgmicroshed-1011
5. To test the new release in staging, add the following repository config:

   <repositories>
      <repository>
          <id>sonatype-staging</id>
          <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/${STAGING_REPO_ID}/content/</url>
      </repository>
   </repositories>

6. If the new release test out OK, press the Close button to close the staging repository.
7. Press the Release button to release the artifacts to Maven Central.
8. Draft a new release on Github: https://github.com/MicroShed/microshed-testing/releases
9. Update to the next development snapshot version: ./gradlew updateVersion -PnextVersion=0.4.3-SNAPSHOT and make a PR with these changes

Checking for dependency updates

Dependency updates to source modules should happen automatically via Dependabot PRs. If you want to perform additional checking, you can run the ./gradlew dependencyUpdates -Drevision=release task.