diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d0f12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: build
+
+# https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/managing-workflow-runs/adding-a-workflow-status-badge
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 11
+      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
+        run: chmod +x gradlew
+      - name: Build and test with Gradle
+        # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50104666/gradle-difference-between-test-and-check
+        # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50104666/gradle-difference-between-test-and-check
+        run: ./gradlew clean check --stacktrace --info
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..311d9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Created with https://github.com/marketplace/actions/create-a-release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
+#    branches:
+#      - master
+    tags:
+      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+
+name: Create Release
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Create Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        # https://github.community/t/accessing-commit-message-in-pull-request-event/17158/8
+#      - name: get commit message
+#        run: |
+#          echo ::set-env name=commitmsg::$(git log --format=%B -n 1 ${{ github.event.after }})
+#      - name: show commit message
+#        run: echo $commitmsg
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
+        with:
+          # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63619329/github-action-get-commit-message
+#          tag_name: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
+#          release_name: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          body: |
+            See [CHANGES.md](https://github.com/holgerbrandl/krangl/blob/master/CHANGES.md) for new features, bug-fixes and changes.
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b42a08..03aa93f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,80 +1,13 @@
-# Created by .ignore support plugin (hsz.mobi)
-### Java template
-
-*.class
-
-# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
-.mtj.tmp/
-
-# Package Files #
-*.jar
-*.war
-*.ear
-
-# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
-hs_err_pid*
-
-
-### Gradle template
+#gradle
 .gradle
-build/
-
-# Ignore Gradle GUI config
-gradle-app.setting
-
-# Avoid ignoring Gradle wrapper jar file (.jar files are usually ignored)
-!gradle-wrapper.jar
-
-# Cache of project
-.gradletasknamecache
-
-# # Work around https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-116898
-# gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
-
-
-### JetBrains template
-# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio and Webstorm
-# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
-
-# User-specific stuff:
-.idea/workspace.xml
-.idea/tasks.xml
-.idea/dictionaries
-.idea/vcs.xml
-.idea/jsLibraryMappings.xml
-
-# Sensitive or high-churn files:
-.idea/dataSources.ids
-.idea/dataSources.xml
-.idea/dataSources.local.xml
-.idea/sqlDataSources.xml
-.idea/dynamic.xml
-.idea/uiDesigner.xml
-
-# Gradle:
-.idea/gradle.xml
-.idea/libraries
-
-# Mongo Explorer plugin:
-.idea/mongoSettings.xml
-
-## File-based project format:
-*.iws
-
-## Plugin-specific files:
+/build/
 
 # IntelliJ
-/out/
-
-# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
-.idea_modules/
-
-# JIRA plugin
-atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+out/
+.idea
+*iml
 
-# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
-com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
-crashlytics.properties
-crashlytics-build.properties
-fabric.properties
 
+# sonatype credentials
+local.properties
+*.gpg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f5fd25..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-language: java
-jdk:
-  - oraclejdk8
-
-## https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/java
-## http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20707017/how-to-run-junit-tests-with-gradle
-## how to run tests with gradle https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/tutorial_gradle_command_line.html
-## gradle check or gradle test
-
-## http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17606874/trigger-a-travis-ci-rebuild-without-pushing-a-commit
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb8a80c..dbbbe6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ Support API for `kscript`
 =========================
 
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/holgerbrandl/kscript-support-api.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/holgerbrandl/kscript-support-api) [ ![Download](https://api.bintray.com/packages/holgerbrandl/github/kscript/images/download.svg) ](https://bintray.com/holgerbrandl/github/kscript/_latestVersion)[](https://bintray.com/)
-
+[ ![Download](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maven%20Central-1.2.5-orange) ](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.github.holgerbrandl/kscript-support-api)  [![Build Status](https://github.com/holgerbrandl/krangl/workflows/build/badge.svg)](https://github.com/holgerbrandl/kscript-support-api/actions?query=workflow%3Abuild)
 
 
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ Even if the artifact is intended to be used alongside with `kscript` you can als
 
 To get started simply add it as a dependency via Jcenter:
 ```
-compile "com.github.holgerbrandl:kscript:1.2.1"
+compile "com.github.holgerbrandl:kscript-support-api:1.2.5"
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 286210d..9766c14 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,128 +1,100 @@
+//file:noinspection DifferentKotlinGradleVersion
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.1.2'
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.4.32'
+
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
     }
+
     dependencies {
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }
 
-plugins { id "com.jfrog.bintray" version "1.2" }
 
+plugins {
+    id "java-library"
+//    id "application"
+    id "maven-publish"
+    id "signing"
+    id "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin" version "1.1.0"
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.4.32"
+}
 
-apply plugin: 'kotlin'
-apply plugin: 'application'
-apply plugin: 'maven'
-apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
-
-//mainClassName = 'demo.HelloWorldKt'
-mainClassName = "de.mpicbg.scicomp.kutils.BashKt" // not needed but does not work without
 
 defaultTasks 'run'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
-    mavenLocal()
+//    mavenLocal()
 }
 
 // https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/java_plugin.html#sec:java_plugin_and_dependency_management
 dependencies {
-//    compileOnly "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
-    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
+    compileOnly "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
+//    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
     compile "com.offbytwo:docopt:0.6.0.20150202"
 
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.11'
     testCompile "io.kotlintest:kotlintest:2.0.1"
 }
 
-// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11474729/how-to-build-sources-jar-with-gradle
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
-    classifier = 'sources'
-    from sourceSets.main.allSource
+java {
+    withJavadocJar()
+    withSourcesJar()
 }
 
-task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
-    classifier = 'javadoc'
-    from javadoc.destinationDir
-}
-
-//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34377367/why-is-gradle-install-replacing-my-version-with-unspecified
-//group = 'de.mpicbg.scicomp'
 group = 'com.github.holgerbrandl'
-//version = '1.1.9'
-version = '1.2.3'
+version = '1.2.5'
 
 
-artifacts {
-    archives sourcesJar
-    archives javadocJar
-}
-
 publishing {
     publications {
-        maven(MavenPublication) {
-            from components.java
-            artifact sourcesJar { classifier "sources" }
-
-            // just needed because artifact name differs from projet name
-            version = project.version
-            artifactId = 'kscript'
-            groupId = project.group
+        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
+            from(components.java)
+
+            pom {
+                name = "kscript-support-api"
+                description = 'A support API to simplify scripting with kscript'
+                url = 'https://github.com/holgerbrandl/kscript-support-api'
+
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name = 'MIT'
+                        url = 'https://github.com/holgerbrandl/kscript-support-api/blob/master/LICENSE'
+                    }
+                }
+
+
+                scm {
+                    connection = 'scm:git:github.com/holgerbrandl/kscript-support-api.git'
+                    url = 'https://github.com/holgerbrandl/kscript-support-api.git'
+                }
+
+
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        id = 'holgerbrandl'
+                        name = 'Holger Brandl'
+                        email = 'holgerbrandl@gmail.com'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
 
-// https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/maven_plugin.html
-uploadArchives {
-    repositories {
-        mavenDeployer {
-//            pom.groupId = 'de.mpicbg.scicomp'
-//            pom.version = '0.1-SNAPSHOT'
-            pom.artifactId = 'kscript'
 
-            repository(url: "file://localhost/tmp/myRepo/")
+nexusPublishing {
+    repositories {
+        sonatype {
+            snapshotRepositoryUrl = uri(project.properties["sonatypeStagingProfileId"])
+            username = project.properties["ossrhUsername"]
+            password = project.properties["ossrhPassword"]
         }
     }
 }
 
-
-install {
-    repositories.mavenInstaller {
-        pom.version = project.version
-        pom.artifactId = 'kscript'
-        pom.groupId = project.group
-    }
-}
-
-if (hasProperty('bintray_user') && hasProperty('bintray_key')) {
-    bintray {
-
-        // property must be set in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties
-        user = bintray_user
-        key = bintray_key
-
-        publications = ['maven'] //When uploading configuration files
-
-        dryRun = false //Whether to run this as dry-run, without deploying
-        publish = true // If version should be auto published after an upload
-
-        pkg {
-            repo = 'github'
-            name = 'kscript'
-            vcsUrl = 'https://github.com/holgerbrandl/kscript-support-api'
-
-            licenses = ['MIT']
-            publicDownloadNumbers = true
-
-            //Optional version descriptor
-            version {
-                name = project.version //Bintray logical version name
-                desc = '.'
-                released = new java.util.Date()
-                vcsTag = 'v' + project.version
-            }
-        }
-        /**/
-    }
-}
+signing {
+    sign publishing.publications.mavenJava
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91ca28c
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c9d085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7-all.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cccdd3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f955316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/kscript/text/StreamUtil.kt b/src/main/kotlin/kscript/text/StreamUtil.kt
index 57417fc..f1af2cb 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/kscript/text/StreamUtil.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/kscript/text/StreamUtil.kt
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ fun Sequence<String>.print() = forEach { println(it) }
 fun Iterable<String>.print() = forEach { println(it) }
 
 
+fun Iterable<String>.trim() = map { it.trim() }
+fun Sequence<String>.trim() = map { it.trim() }
+
 
 //https://dzone.com/articles/readingwriting-compressed-and
 /** Save a list of items into a file. Output can be option ally zipped and a the stringifying operation can be changed from toString to custom operation if needed. */
diff --git a/suport_api_notes.md b/suport_api_notes.md
index 25e77c0..766c335 100644
--- a/suport_api_notes.md
+++ b/suport_api_notes.md
@@ -22,25 +22,32 @@ Release Checklist
 * `kscript/README`
 
 
-1. Push and create github release tag
-
-2. 
+2. Do the central release
 ```bash
-# cd /Users/brandl/projects/kotlin/kscript-support-api
+#  cd /c/brandl_data/projects/misc/kscript-support-api
+ 
+./gradlew install
 
-gradle test
-gradle install
+./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
+
+#./gradlew publishToSonatype closeSonatypeStagingRepository
+./gradlew publishToSonatype closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository
 ```
 
-4. Create new version on jcenter
+3. Do the github source release
 
-* Upload jar, sources.jar and pom for new version from `~/.m2/repository/com/github/holgerbrandl/kscript` to:
-> https://bintray.com/holgerbrandl/mpicbg-scicomp/kscript
+```bash
+
+# make sure that are no pending chanes
+#(git diff --exit-code && git tag v${kscript_version})  || echo "could not tag current branch"
+git diff --exit-code  || echo "There are uncommitted changes"
 
-1. Check for release status on
-https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/github/holgerbrandl/kscript
 
-2. Bump versions for new release cycle
+git tag "1.2.5"
+
+git push origin
+git push origin --tags
+```
 
 
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