sonatype-oss-kotlin-parent

a parent pom for easy publishing of pure kotlin projects to sonatype-ossrh

Provides

• jetbrains dokka plugin configuration to generate javadoc from kotlin
• maven-gpg-plugin configuration for code signing
• maven-source-plugin to provide source jars
• easy version upgrade: all versions are properties you can easily overwrite in your project

What You Need

• use parent

  <parent>
    <groupId>net.thimmwork</groupId>
    <artifactId>sonatype-oss-kotlin-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>
  </parent>

• scm tag with links to your source code management
• if your scm points to github, you can put your credentials in the settings.xml with a server with id github. Or you can override the project.scm.id property to point to the server of your choice
• developers tag
• licenses tag (if your code is under another license than Apache Licence, Version 2.0)
• provide a settings.xml in your .m2 folder

Release your project

To release your project, use either the mvn-release-plugin or the profile sonatype-oss-release

Additional Reference

If this is your first project, read any of these tutorials that will guide you through the process to set up everything you need:

• Sonatype OSSRH Guide
• DZone article by Lubos Krnac
• Video tutorial by nyholmnik