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complemented release process


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-commonsrdf/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-commonsrdf/commit/471b80c2
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-commonsrdf/tree/471b80c2
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-commonsrdf/diff/471b80c2

Branch: refs/heads/quad
Commit: 471b80c232ef8aa52df691c8c7744be070c8844b
Parents: ae3103a
Author: Sergio Fern�ndez <wi...@apache.org>
Authored: Thu May 12 17:20:49 2016 -0700
Committer: Sergio Fern�ndez <wi...@apache.org>
Committed: Thu May 12 17:20:49 2016 -0700

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 RELEASE-PROCESS.md | 10 ++++++++--
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-commonsrdf/blob/471b80c2/RELEASE-PROCESS.md
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diff --git a/RELEASE-PROCESS.md b/RELEASE-PROCESS.md
index 1aa08b1..9a96c25 100644
--- a/RELEASE-PROCESS.md
+++ b/RELEASE-PROCESS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
 1. Clean build: `mvn clean install`
 2. RAT checking: `mvn apache-rat:check`
 3. Prepare the release: `mvn release:prepare -DreleaseVersion=0.2.0-incubating -DdevelopmentVersion=0.3.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT -DautoVersionSubmodules=true`
-4. Perform the release: `mvn release:perform`
+4. Perform the release: `mvn release:perform -Prelease`
 5. Close the staging repository at https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories
 6. Push the code: `git push` and tag `git push --tags`
-6. Cast the vote mail to dev@commonsrdf
+7. Cast the vote mail to dev@commonsrdf
+
+Notice that the `maven-release-plugin` is configured to use the local git repository as well as not push changes 
+to `origin`. Therefore the process can be reverted (e.g., `git reset HEAD~1`) at any time before the sixth step.
+
+Acknowledgements to the [Marmotta's release process](https://wiki.apache.org/marmotta/ReleaseProcess) that heavily 
+inspired this one.