diff --git a/release-erstellen.sh b/release-erstellen.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Aufruf: ozg-release-erstellen.sh JA"
+    echo "Als Parameter bitte 'JA' eintragen zur Sicherheit"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+## alle -SNAPSHOT in pom.xmls entfernen
+SED_PARAMS="-i"
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" =~ ^darwin ]]; then
+    SED_PARAMS="$SED_PARAMS '' -e"
+fi
+find . -name pom.xml -exec sed $SED_PARAMS 's/-SNAPSHOT//g' {} +
+
+## release version auslesen
+NEWVERSION=$(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
+
+#set -x
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Aufruf: ozg-release-startdev.sh NEWVERSION"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+NEWVERSION=$1
+
+echo
+
+# 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 
+        "
+
+for PROJECT in $PROJECTS;
+do
+  POMFILE=$(echo $PROJECT | cut -d':' -f1)
+  ACTIONS=$(echo $PROJECT | cut -d':' -f2)
+
+  ## Auf SNAPSHOT Versionen testen
+  if fgrep -q "SNAPSHOT" $POMFILE; then
+    RED='\033[0;31m'
+    NC='\033[0m'
+    echo "${RED}ERROR: Datei "$POMFILE" enthält noch SNAPSHOT Versionen, das sollte hier nicht passieren.${NC}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+echo $ACTIONS
+  ## Versionen setzen
+  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"
+