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layout: website-normal title: Environment variables for the release navgroup: developers

Many example commands in this section using variable names as placeholders for information that will vary between releases. To allow these example commands to run unmodified, set these environment variables appropriately.

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The version currently set on the master branch (BROOKLYN_VERSION_BELOW)

OLD_MASTER_VERSION=0.12.0

The next version to be set on the master branch

NEW_MASTER_VERSION=0.10.0-SNAPSHOT

The version we are releasing now.

VERSION_NAME=0.9.0

The release candidate number we are making now.

RC_NUMBER=1

Modules and submodules - these will come in handy later

SUBMODULES=“$( perl -n -e 'if ($_ =~ /path += +(.*)$/) { print $1.”\n" }' < .gitmodules )" MODULES=“. ${SUBMODULES}” {% endhighlight %}

Alternatively, use the command eval $( ./brooklyn-dist/release/environment.sh ) to set these values automatically.