AppleCommander/MAVEN-REPO.md

Releasing to the Maven Central Repository

GPG Keys

Summary of commands for GPG2 keys preparation...

Generate key:

$ gpg2 --gen-key

Publish key on public key server:

$ gpg2 --list-keys
$ gpg2 --list-secret-keys
$ gpg2 --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --send-keys <key-id>

Extract secret key for the Gradle signing plugin:

$ gpg2 --export-secret-keys > secring.gpg

Gradle build and publish to Central Repository

NOTE: The build has been updated to allow snapshots to be published. These appear to be automatically available.

Ensure full build passes:

 ./gradlew clean build

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 8s
91 actionable tasks: 91 executed

Publish:

$ ./gradlew publish

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 8s
2 actionable tasks: 2 executed

The can also be combined:

$ ./gradlew clean build publish

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 16s
93 actionable tasks: 93 executed

Then follow "releasing the deployment" below.

Tag and publish on GitHub

Just a reminder!

References

• http://central.sonatype.org/pages/gradle.html (NOTE: Documentation is out of date)
• http://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-deployment.html
• https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/publishing_maven.html
• For all the other little pieces, Google is your friend. ;-)