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git checkout -b fcrepo-4.0.0-beta-0201-RC
git push origin fcrepo-4.0.0-beta-0201-RC

Update online resources

If any online resources have been modified or added to during the release, these must be updated.

Release Day

Merge the release candidate branch into master (if any commits were made)

git checkout fcrepo-4.0.0-beta-01-RC
git pull
git checkout master
git merge fcrepo-4.0.0-beta-01-RC
git push origin master
git branch -d fcrepo-4.0.0-beta-01-RC
git push origin :fcrepo-4.0.0-beta-01-RC

Build and release the final distribution to Maven Central

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