Start of setup for Logstash's log4j2 integration

Rakefile

@@ -9,30 +9,3 @@ task :install_jars do
   ENV['JARS_VENDOR'] = 'false'
   Jars::Installer.new.vendor_jars!(false)
 end
-
-def colourize(text, color_code)
-  "\e[#{color_code}m#{text}\e[0m"
-end
-
-desc 'Pre-release checks'
-task :pre_release_checks do
-
-  if `git status --porcelain`.chomp.length > 0
-    warn colourize(' ✘ ', 31) + 'You have unstaged or uncommitted changes! Please only release from a clean working directory!'
-  else
-    puts colourize(" ✔ ", 32) + ' No un-staged commits'
-  end
-
-  spec = Gem::Specification::load("logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec")
-  expected_tag_name = "v#{spec.version}"
-
-  current_tag_name = `git describe --exact-match --tags HEAD 2>&1`.chomp
-  if $?.success? and current_tag_name == expected_tag_name
-    puts colourize(' ✔ ', 32) + 'Tag matches current HEAD'
-  elsif $?.success? and current_tag_name == expected_tag_name
-    warn colourize(' ✘ ', 31) + "Expected git tag to be '#{expected_tag_name}', but got '#{current_tag_name}'." 
-  else
-    warn colourize(' ✘ ', 31) + "Expected git tag to be '#{expected_tag_name}, but got nothing."
-  end
-  
-end