First define two environment variables. This will allow you to copy & paste the following commands:
export RELEASE_VERSION="1.0.0"
export DEVELOP_VERSION="1.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
Update the version in pom.xml and README.adoc to match the version you want to release,
then commit and tag the change.
mvn versions:set -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -DnewVersion=${RELEASE_VERSION}
sed -i "s/\(:version_stable: \).*/\1${RELEASE_VERSION}/g" README.adoc
sed -i "s/\(:version_snapshot: \).*/\1${DEVELOP_VERSION}/g" README.adoc
git commit -am "Preparing ${RELEASE_VERSION} release"
git tag -a -m "v${RELEASE_VERSION}" "v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
Now update the version to match the new 'development version':
mvn versions:set -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -DnewVersion=${DEVELOP_VERSION}
git commit -am "Preparing for next development iteration"
Push the changes and GitLab will build and publish the release.
git push --follow-tags
Log into Sonatype OSSRH interface, close and release the staging repository!