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Prepare and distribute test plan
The test plan should also be ready prior to code freeze.
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Push Release Branch to develop and Maintenance
The release branch has changes made since code freeze. It also contains the update to the version numbers for future development.
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Ensure that your commit history matches the release branch's commit history, except for the two additional commits.
- Changing from SNAPSHOT version to release version. Something like [maven-release-plugin] prepare release $REPO-$CURR
- Changing from release version to next development version. Something like [maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration
If this appears correct, you can push your release branch on to the maintenance branch.
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