developer_guide.md

Developer Guide

Generate / update license file header

mvn license:update-file-header

Run local sonar analysis

mvn clean org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin:prepare-agent package sonar:sonar \
    -Dsonar.token=[token]

See analysis results at https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=org.itsallcode%3Ahamcrest-mutliline-text-matcher

Check for updated dependencies / plugins

mvn versions:display-dependency-updates

mvn versions:display-plugin-updates

Creating a Release on Maven Central and GitHub

1. Start the release workflow

• Run command gh workflow run release.yml --repo itsallcode/hamcrest-mutliline-text-matcher --ref main
• or go to GitHub Actions and start the release.yml workflow on branch main.

2. Update title and description of the newly created GitHub release.
3. After some time the release will be available at Maven Central.
4. Create a release of the main branch on GitHub.
5. After some time the release will be available at Maven Central.