release-checklist.md

Release-Checklist:

- Be sure to be in the right folder/IntelliJ window
- pull in changes from isnow-repo 
- adapt version information in pom.xml
- edit RELEASE.md
- create release tag in IntelliJ
- mvn release:prepare
- mvn release:perform
- git push --tags
- git push origin master

Release-documentation:

• https://medium.com/@nmauti/publishing-a-project-on-maven-central-8106393db2c3
• https://dzone.com/articles/publish-your-artifacts-to-maven-central
• https://blog.sonatype.com/2010/01/how-to-generate-pgp-signatures-with-maven/

.m2/settings.xml has to look like this:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
              xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
              xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">

        <servers>
            <server>
                <id>ossrh</id>
                <username>Xcelite</username>
                <password> ### sonatype-jira-password ### </password>
            </server>
        </servers>

        <profiles>
            <profile>
            <id>ossrh</id>
            <activation>
                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
            <properties>
                    <gpg.passphrase> ### pgp-password ###</gpg.passphrase>
            </properties>
            </profile>
        </profiles>
    </settings>