release.md

Release Process

1. Create a release on GitHub (https://github.com/approvals/ApprovalTests.Java/releases/new)

GitHub workflows will do the rest.

Troubleshooting

• We only deploy approvaltests and approvaltests-util, the other projects do not need to be deployed

Checking status

• Check that the GitHub workflow succeeded. (Typically ~3 minutes)
• Check that the release is available on Maven Central (https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.approvaltests/approvaltests). (Typically ~30 minutes)
• https://central.sonatype.com/publishing/deployments
  • Note: You must be logged in as Llewellyn.
• https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/approvaltests/approvaltests/
• https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.approvaltests/approvaltests

Configuration

• Need a username and password from sonatype account (token)
  • https://central.sonatype.com/account
  • Generate a User Token. This token encapsulates a username and password.
  • Environment variables MAVEN_USERNAME_2025 and MAVEN_PASSWORD_2025
• Need a GPG key to sign the artifacts
  • Environmental variables GPG_PRIVATE_KEY and GPG_PASSPHRASE
  • You can test this with internal_documentation/test_gpg_key.sh
• You can set versions using

mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=100.0.0-SNAPSHOT