diff --git a/org.eclipse.userstorage.releng/hudson/release.sh b/org.eclipse.userstorage.releng/hudson/release.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Release a milestone (really, an RC) as a formal release
+
+if [[ "$GIT" == "" ]]; then
+  GIT=$WORKSPACE/git
+fi
+
+if [[ "$SCRIPTS" == "" ]]; then
+  SCRIPTS=$GIT/org.eclipse.userstorage.releng/hudson
+fi
+
+if [[ "$DOWNLOADS" == "" ]]; then
+  DOWNLOADS=/home/data/httpd/download.eclipse.org/usssdk
+fi
+
+set -o nounset
+set -o errexit
+
+# the directory under $DOWNLOADS/drops to the milestone drop
+# e.g., milestone/S20170529-101518-1.1-RC2
+MILESTONESRC=$1
+
+# the release name
+# e.g., 1.1
+RELEASELABEL="$2"
+
+FOLDER=$RELEASELABEL
+
+BUILD_TYPE=release
+BUILD_KEY=$RELEASELABEL
+BUILD_LABEL=""
+
+BUILDS=$DOWNLOADS/builds
+UPDATES=$DOWNLOADS/updates
+DROPS=$DOWNLOADS/drops
+DROP_TYPE=$DROPS/$BUILD_TYPE
+DROP=$DROP_TYPE/$FOLDER
+DROPSRC=$DROPS/$MILESTONESRC
+
+if [ ! -d "$DROPSRC" ]; then
+    echo "milestone does not exist: $DROPSRC" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p $DOWNLOADS
+mkdir -p $BUILDS
+mkdir -p $UPDATES
+mkdir -p $DROPS
+mkdir -p $DROP_TYPE
+
+
+###################
+# DOWNLOADS/DROPS #
+###################
+
+echo "Promoting $DROPSRC"
+rm -rf $DROP
+mkdir $DROP
+cp -a $DROPSRC/ $DROP
+$BASH $SCRIPTS/adjustArtifactRepository.sh \
+  $DROP \
+  $DROP \
+  "User Storage Updates $FOLDER" \
+  $BUILD_TYPE
+
+#####################
+# DOWNLOADS/UPDATES #
+#####################
+
+cd $WORKSPACE
+rm -rf $UPDATES.tmp
+cp -a $UPDATES $UPDATES.tmp
+
+$BASH $SCRIPTS/composeRepositories.sh \
+  "$DOWNLOADS" \
+  "$BUILD_TYPE" \
+  "$BUILD_KEY" \
+  "$BUILD_LABEL"
+
+mkdir -p $UPDATES.tmp/$BUILD_TYPE/latest
+cp -a $DROP/org.eclipse.userstorage.site.zip $UPDATES.tmp/$BUILD_TYPE/latest
+
+mkdir -p $UPDATES.tmp/latest
+cp -a $DROP/org.eclipse.userstorage.site.zip $UPDATES.tmp/latest
+
+mv $UPDATES $UPDATES.bak; mv $UPDATES.tmp $UPDATES
+
+echo ""