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+Journey Rest API
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+Steps to Release latest version:
+1. Create a new release with appropriate version number ["https://github.com/nramc/journey-api/releases"]
+2. As soon as thee release published, "maven-package-publish-workflow.yml" from the project triggered
+3. The workflow build and test the project
+4. When build successful, creates Docker image and publish it to Docker Hub
+5. Finally trigers Render webhook for deployment
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