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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Aufruf: release-erstellen.sh JA"
+    echo "Als Parameter bitte 'JA' eintragen zur Sicherheit"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+## alle -SNAPSHOT in pom.xmls entfernen
+find . -name pom.xml -exec sed -i 's/-SNAPSHOT//g' {} +
+
+## release version auslesen
+NEWVERSION=$(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"