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-#!/bin/bash -ex
-# merge back the RC branch.
-svn up
-svnmerge merge -S /branches/rc .
-svn commit -F svnmerge-commit-message.txt
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-#!/bin/bash -ex
-# The MIT License
-# 
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Kohsuke Kawaguchi
-# 
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-# 
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-# 
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-# THE SOFTWARE.
-
-
-#
-# Kohsuke's automated script to create the RC branch.
-#
-
-# there shouldn't be any unmerged changes in the RC branch
-svnmerge merge -S /branches/rc .
-pending=$(svn status | grep -v '^?' | wc -l)
-if [ $pending != 0 ]; then
-  echo "unmerged or uncommitted changes"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# create the release branch
-repo=https://www.dev.java.net/svn/hudson
-RC=$repo/branches/rc
-tag=$repo/tags/hudson-$(show-pom-version pom.xml | sed -e "s/-SNAPSHOT//g" -e "s/\\./_/g")-rc
-
-svn rm -m "deleting the old RC branch" $RC
-svn up
-rev=$(svn info --xml . | xmlstarlet sel -t -v /info/entry/@revision)
-svn cp -m "tagging the branch point" $repo/trunk/hudson/main@$rev $tag
-svn cp -m "creating a new RC branch" $repo/trunk/hudson/main@$rev $RC
-
-# update changelog.html
-WWW=../../www
-svn up $WWW/changelog.html
-ruby rc.changelog.rb < $WWW/changelog.html > $WWW/changelog.new
-mv $WWW/changelog.new $WWW/changelog.html
-
-pushd $WWW
-svn commit -m "RC branch is created" changelog.html
-popd
-
-# re-initialize the tracking
-svn up
-svnmerge init -F $repo/branches/rc
-svn commit -F svnmerge-commit-message.txt