From f2da5bc5b4038e170160e71a493e6223942a303f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Reitz <aj.reitz@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:40:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Preparing for release

---
 RELEASE.md                                        | 10 ++++++++++
 build.gradle                                      | 12 ++++++++++++
 groovy-android-gradle-plugin/gradle-plugin.gradle |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 RELEASE.md

diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13ff8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# How to Release
+
+1) Prepare for release `./gradlew prepareRelease`
+1) Update Version Number (remove -SNAPSHOT)
+1) Run all tests `./gradlew clean check fullTest`
+1) Run release task `./gradlew release`
+1) Update Version Number in build.gradle and README.adoc
+
+
+
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c387470..c70b542 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ ext {
   groovyVersion = '2.4.7'
 }
 
+task prepareRelease(type: Exec) {
+  description = 'Prepare for a release: Ensure branch is up to date'
+  group = 'Publishing'
+
+  commandLine 'bash', '-c',
+"""
+  git checkout master
+  git pull --rebase "https://$project.githubToken@github.com/groovy/groovy-android-gradle-plugin.git" master
+  git checkout -b release/${version}
+"""
+}
+
 task tagRelease(type: Exec) {
   description = 'Tag the release and push it to github'
   group = 'Publishing'
diff --git a/groovy-android-gradle-plugin/gradle-plugin.gradle b/groovy-android-gradle-plugin/gradle-plugin.gradle
index f4fce8b..81e5a6f 100644
--- a/groovy-android-gradle-plugin/gradle-plugin.gradle
+++ b/groovy-android-gradle-plugin/gradle-plugin.gradle
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ task fullTest(type: Test) {
 task release {
   description = 'Releases a version of the plugin on Artifactory and Bintray'
   group = 'Publishing'
-  dependsOn artifactoryPublish, bintrayUpload, rootProject.tasks.tagRelease
+  dependsOn fullTest, artifactoryPublish, bintrayUpload, rootProject.tasks.tagRelease
 }
 
 tasks.withType(Test) {
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ tasks.withType(Test) {
   dependsOn install
 
   testLogging {
-    exceptionFormat "full"
+    exceptionFormat 'full'
   }
 }