diff --git a/release-erstellen.sh b/release-erstellen.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Aufruf: ozg-release-erstellen.sh JA"
+    echo "Als Parameter bitte 'JA' eintragen zur Sicherheit"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+## alle -SNAPSHOT in pom.xmls entfernen
+find . -name pom.xml -exec sed -i 's/-SNAPSHOT//g' {} +
+
+## release version auslesen
+NEWVERSION=$(xmlstarlet sel -N w="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" -t -v '//w:project/w:version' -n pom.xml)
+
+echo
+echo "NEXT STEPS:"
+echo "***********"
+echo "Änderungen prüfen"
+echo "git commit -a -m 'release version "$NEWVERSION"'"
+echo "git push"
+echo "git tag "$NEWVERSION
+echo "git push --tags"
diff --git a/release-startdev.sh b/release-startdev.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Aufruf: ozg-release-startdev.sh NEWVERSION"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+NEWVERSION=$2
+
+# pom.xml:main -> project.version setzen
+# projectname/pom.xml:parent -> project.parent.version setzen
+# projectname/pom.xml:parent,main -> project.parent.version und project.version setzen
+#
+PROJECTS="pom.xml:main 
+          goofy-server/pom.xml:parent 
+          goofy-client/pom.xml:parent "
+
+for PROJECT in $PROJECTS;
+do
+  echo $PROJECT
+  POMFILE=$(echo $PROJECT | cut -d':' -f1)
+  ACTIONS=$(echo $PROJECT | cut -d':' -f2)
+
+  if [[ $ACTIONS == *"main"* ]] ; then
+    xmlstarlet ed --pf -L -N w="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" -u '//w:project/w:version' -v $NEWVERSION $POMFILE
+  fi
+
+  if [[ $ACTIONS == *"parent"* ]]; then
+    xmlstarlet ed --pf -L -N w="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" -u '//w:project/w:parent/w:version' -v $NEWVERSION $POMFILE
+  fi
+done
+
+
+
+echo
+echo "NEXT STEPS:"
+echo "***********"
+echo "Änderungen prüfen"
+echo "git commit -a -m 'start development "$NEWVERSION"'"
+echo "git push"
+