From 750dc3627d322eed26ecee54c04412ad4da9ccbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Schmetzer <joe@exubero.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:54:58 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare for version 3.0-rc1

---
 CHANGES.md   | 5 +----
 README.md    | 5 +++--
 build.gradle | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index db0b1fcb..7a2437ce 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Hamcrest Changes
 
-## Version 3.0 (Unreleased)
+## Version 3.0-rc1 (24th July 2024)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
   [#396](https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/issues/396),and
   [#399](https://github.com/hamcrest/JavaHamcrest/issues/399))
 
-### Bugfixes
-
-TBD
 
 ## Version 2.2 (17th October 2019)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d1d996e..009fdeff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ definition. Learn more at [Hamcrest Distributables](http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamc
 
 ## Documentation
 
-Documentation can be found on the [Hamcrest site](http://hamcrest.org).
+Documentation can be found on the [Hamcrest site](http://hamcrest.org). For a detailed list of recent changes,
+see [CHANGES.md](CHANGES.md)
 
 ## Reporting Bugs/Issues
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ after first checking that it hasn't been raised already.
 
 Building Hamcrest from source requires a minimum of JDK 1.8.
 
-Clone the repository, and from the top level directory in the repo
+Clone the repository, and from the top level directory in the repo workspace
 run the following command:
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d29319b3..00eef993 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "org.hamcrest"
-version = "3.0-SNAPSHOT"
+version = "3.0-rc1"
 
 subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'checkstyle'