These are the steps to release a gradle-based Jenkins plugin, assuming the release plugin isn't being used.
- Ensure you have the latest code from origin: git pull origin
- Make sure tests still run: ./gradlew test
- Run locally to perform santity check: ./gradlew :job-dsl-plugin:server
- Edit gradle.properties to strip -SNAPSHOT from version: vi gradle.properties
- Update the release notes, set the release date:
* 1.14 (Mar 31 2013) - Ensure everything is checked in: git commit -am "Releasing 1.14"
- Ensure you have your Jenkins credentials in ~/.jenkins-ci.org: cat ~/.jenkins-ci.org
userName=yourUsername
password=IHeartJenkins
- Deploy: ./gradlew uploadArchives
- Publish the docs: ./gradlew publishGhPages
- Tag the source as it is: git tag -a job-dsl-1.14 -m "Staging 1.14"
- Increment the version in gradle.properties and append "-SNAPSHOT": echo "version=1.15-SNAPSHOT">gradle.properties
- Update the release notes, add the next version:
* 1.15 (unreleased) - Commit the updated version number: git commit -am "Bumping to next rev"
- Push the two new commit and the tag back to GitHub: git push --tags origin
- Close all resolved issues in JIRA
- Open a pull request to update the Job DSL Playground
- Wait up to twelve hours for it show up in the Update Center
- Follow the @jenkins_release twitter account and retweet the release!