Releasing

Change the VERSION_NAME in root gradle.properties to a non-SNAPSHOT version to be released.
Run ./gradlew clean build to make sure project builds successfully.
git commit -am "Prepare for release X.Y.Z." (where X.Y.Z is the new version)
./gradlew clean publish :whetstone-gradle-plugin:publish.
Visit Sonatype Nexus and promote the artifact.
git tag -a X.Y.Z -m "Version X.Y.Z" (where X.Y.Z is the new version)
Update the root gradle.properties to the next SNAPSHOT version.
git commit -am "Prepare next development version."
git push && git push --tags
Go to Github and create a new release (including necessary changelog) using the new tag that was just pushed

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