Prerequisites

1. Java at least 1.56
2. Maven at least 3.0.34

Procedure

Previous version - $previousVersion
Version for release - $tagVersion
Next version - $nextVersion

1. Before release verify that you can build project by executing following command, which should also create some jar-files (in directories "org.sonar.ide.eclipse.wsclient/jars/", "org.sonar.ide.eclipse.runtime/plugins/" and "org.sonar.ide.eclipse.runtime/jars") for build and then build project :

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   ant build

2. Old version should be archived, i.e. all files from http://dist.sonar-ide.codehaus.org/eclipse/ should be moved to new directory http://dist.sonar-ide.codehaus.org/eclipse-archives/$previousVersion
3. Qualified version for release should be constructed with timestamp. This can be done as following :

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   timestamp=`date -u +%Y%m%d-%H%M` releaseVersion=$tagVersion.$timestamp

   For example: 2.3.0.20111208-0742
4. This version should be set for all pom.xml and MANIFEST.MF files. This can be done by execution of following command from directory "org.sonar.ide.eclipse.parent" :

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   mvn org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:set-version -Dtycho.mode=maven -DnewVersion=$releaseVersion git commit -am "Prepare release $tagVersion"

5. Verify build by execution of following command from directory "org.sonar.ide.eclipse.parent" :

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   mvn clean install

6. At this point version for release can be tagged. And deployment can be done by execution of following command from directory "org.sonar.ide.eclipse.parent" :

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   mvn -Ppublish-site clean install -Dsonar-ide.site=dav:https://dav.codehaus.org/dist/sonar-ide

7. In order to prepare for next development version execute following command from directory "org.sonar.ide.eclipse.parent" :

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   mvn org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:set-version -Dtycho.mode=maven -DnewVersion=$nextVersion-SNAPSHOT git commit -am "Prepare for next development iteration"

8. And don't forget to push changes to GitHub

Following steps should be done after release:

1. Release version in Jira
2. Update version in Eclipse Marketplace
3. Add changelog and update version in Confluence
4. Announce release

Sources

https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-eclipse