# Update Site For Release

Update/publish the Apache Tika website (tika-site SVN repo) for a release, step 17 of...

- Repository: https://github.com/apache/tika (4119 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add apache/tika --skill update-site-for-release -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add apache/tika --skill update-site-for-release -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add apache/tika --skill update-site-for-release -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add apache/tika --skill update-site-for-release -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Update/publish the Apache Tika website (tika-site SVN repo) for a release, step 17 of the Release Process. Handles the 4.x track (Changes page + aggregate javadoc + Antora docs branch) vs the 3.x maintenance track (full per-version apt docs + javadoc). Use for "update the site", "publish the site for X.Y.Z", "the website part of the release".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

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Local override: `$TIKA_SKILLS_LOCAL/update-site-for-release/LOCAL.md` (default `~/.tika-skills`),
read after this file, wins on conflict.

# Update the Tika website for a release

Step 17 ("Update Tika site") of the Release Process
(<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/TIKA/pages/109454070/Release+Process>).
Assumes the release (tag, artifacts, VOTE, dist promotion) is done; covers the
**website** only.

**First: `cd $SITE && svn update`.** The checkout is usually behind (docs
republishes, logo/security edits land between releases); a stale base only
surfaces at the very end, after the 67 MB commit has uploaded, as
`E155011 ... is out of date`, and the whole transaction rolls back.

Set these first:
- **`$SITE`**, `tika-site` **SVN** checkout (not git): `src/site/` (sources) +
  `publish/` (generated, SVN-tracked, served; `mvn install` regenerates it and
  auto-runs `svn add --force publish` via antrun).
- **`$SCRATCH`**, release working dir: unzipped src release, `CHANGES-<NEW>.txt`,
  built javadoc.

The rest: https://github.com/apache/tika/blob/HEAD/.skills/devs/update-site-for-release/SKILL.md