Document release process

Author: croesch

README.md

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 Test NG: [![][Maven Central TestNG img]][Maven Central TestNG]
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 JUnit: [![][Maven Central JUnit img]][Maven Central JUnit]
 
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 This project provides a simple and intuitive API for functional testing of Swing user interfaces, resulting in tests 
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 that are compact, easy to write, and read like a specification. Tests written using AssertJ Swing are also robust. 
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 AssertJ Swing simulates actual user gestures at the operating system level, ensuring that the application will behave correctly in 
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 front of the user. It also provides a reliable mechanism for GUI component lookup that ensures that changes in the GUI's 
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 layout or look-and-feel will not break your tests.
 
-This project is fork of https://github.com/alexruiz/fest-swing-1.x.
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+This project is a fork of https://github.com/alexruiz/fest-swing-1.x.
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 [Maven Central TestNG]:https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.assertj/assertj-swing-testng
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 [Maven Central TestNG img]:https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.assertj/assertj-swing-testng/badge.svg
 
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 [Maven Central JUnit]:https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.assertj/assertj-swing-junit
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 [Maven Central JUnit img]:https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/org.assertj/assertj-swing-junit/badge.svg
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+# How to release
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+1. Preconditions: You need ssh setup for being able to push to [joel-costigliola/assertj-swing](), gpg setup for signing the release and ossrh setup in Maven for being able to publish the release, including the right to publish assertj-swing releases.
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+2. Make sure you have the latest sources: `git pull`
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+3. Make sure you have a clean release base: `mvn release:clean`
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+4. Prepare the release: `mvn release:prepare`
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+5. Actually publish the release: `mvn release:perform`
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+6. Sign in to github, click the tag, edit it and click *publish* (optionally insert change log here)
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+7. Download updated [JIDE](https://jidesoft.com/evaluation/) (*Password required. Click here to see the password. Please note, it's not your forum user name and password*)
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+8. Create temporary work space: `mkdir /tmp/jide` and cd `/tmp/jide`
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+9. Unzip JIDE: `unzip ~/Downloads/jide.X.Y.Z.eval.zip`
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+10. `cd maven/`
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+11. Follow the readme:
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+12. Download [ant-contrib](https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ant-contrib/ant-contrib/1.0b3) and copy jar file to current directory
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+13. Download [Apache common bean script](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bsf/download_bsf.cgi) and copy jar file to current directory
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+14. Download [Mozilla Rhino](https://github.com/downloads/mozilla/rhino/rhino1_7R4.zip) and copy jar file to current directory
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+15. Download [Commons logging](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-logging/download_logging.cgi) and copy jar file to current directory
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+16. Mavenify: `ant -f mavenify.xml -lib .`
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+17. Integrate resulting maven repo into own maven repos: `rsync -a repo/ ~/.m2/repository/`
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+18. Go to `assertj-swing/assertj-swing-jide/pom.xml` and enter downloaded version: `<jide.version>X.Y.Z</jide.version>`
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+19. __Update parent POM (AssertJ Swing) version__ to currently (see 5.) released version
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+20. Fix potentially broken code - use `mvn clean verify -f assertj-swing-jide/pom.xml` to verify
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+21. Update POM version, commit and push changes
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+22. Release assertj-swing-jide:
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+23. `cd assertj-swing-jide`
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+24. Clean state: `mvn release:clean`
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+25. Preapre: `mvn release:prepare`
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+26. Perform: `mvn release:perform`
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+27. Update documentation - pull [assertj/doc]()
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+28. Update at least `src/docs/asciidoc/user-guide/assertj-swing-release-notes.adoc`
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+29. File PR for documentation update. __Finished!__
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