jbb01 opened a new issue, #1477: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-release/issues/1477
### Affected version 3.2.0 and newer ### Bug description When `pom.xml`s are excluded from modification checks, the version number does not get updated during `relase:prepare` and no scm commit is performed. This issue first appeared in version 3.2.0 with the changes introduced by #196. ### Reproducer ```xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd";> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>org.example</groupId> <artifactId>release</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <scm> <connection>scm:git:https://repository.example</connection> </scm> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.3.1</version> <configuration> <pushChanges>false</pushChanges> <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules> <checkModificationExcludes> <checkModificationExclude>**/pom.xml</checkModificationExclude> </checkModificationExcludes> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project> ``` ``` $ mvn release:prepare -DreleaseVersion=1.0 [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------< org.example:release >------------------------- [INFO] Building release 1.0-SNAPSHOT [INFO] from pom.xml [INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]--------------------------------- [INFO] [INFO] --- release:3.3.1:prepare (default-cli) @ release --- [INFO] starting prepare goal, composed of 17 phases: check-poms, scm-check-modifications, check-dependency-snapshots, create-backup-poms, map-release-versions, input-variables, map-development-versions, rewrite-poms-for-release, generate-release-poms, run-preparation-goals, scm-commit-release, scm-tag, rewrite-poms-for-development, remove-release-poms, run-completion-goals, scm-commit-development, end-release [INFO] 1/17 prepare:check-poms [INFO] 2/17 prepare:scm-check-modifications [INFO] Verifying that there are no local modifications... [INFO] ignoring changes on: **/pom.xml.next, **/release.properties, **/pom.xml.branch, **/pom.xml, **/pom.xml.tag, **/pom.xml.backup, **/pom.xml.releaseBackup [WARNING] Ignoring unrecognized line: ?? release.properties [INFO] 3/17 prepare:check-dependency-snapshots [INFO] Checking dependencies and plugins for snapshots ... [INFO] 4/17 prepare:create-backup-poms [INFO] Creating pom.xml backup with .releaseBackup suffix [INFO] 5/17 prepare:map-release-versions [INFO] 6/17 prepare:input-variables [INFO] 7/17 prepare:map-development-versions [INFO] 8/17 prepare:rewrite-poms-for-release [INFO] 9/17 prepare:generate-release-poms [INFO] Not generating release POMs [INFO] 10/17 prepare:run-preparation-goals [INFO] Executing goals 'clean verify'... [INFO] [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------< org.example:release >------------------------- [INFO] [INFO] Building release 1.0-SNAPSHOT [INFO] [INFO] from pom.xml [INFO] [INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]--------------------------------- [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] --- clean:3.2.0:clean (default-clean) @ release --- [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] --- resources:3.3.1:resources (default-resources) @ release --- [INFO] [WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! [INFO] [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /path/to/project/src/main/resources [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] --- compiler:3.13.0:compile (default-compile) @ release --- [INFO] [INFO] No sources to compile [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] --- resources:3.3.1:testResources (default-testResources) @ release --- [INFO] [WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! [INFO] [INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /path/to/project/src/test/resources [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] --- compiler:3.13.0:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ release --- [INFO] [INFO] No sources to compile [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] --- surefire:3.2.5:test (default-test) @ release --- [INFO] [INFO] No tests to run. [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] [INFO] --- jar:3.4.1:jar (default-jar) @ release --- [INFO] [WARNING] JAR will be empty - no content was marked for inclusion! [INFO] [INFO] Building jar: /path/to/project/target/release-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] Total time: 2.678 s [INFO] [INFO] Finished at: 2026-06-23T15:19:38+02:00 [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] 11/17 prepare:scm-commit-release [INFO] Checking in modified POMs... [INFO] 12/17 prepare:scm-tag [INFO] Tagging release with the label release-2.0... [INFO] 13/17 prepare:rewrite-poms-for-development [INFO] 14/17 prepare:remove-release-poms [INFO] Not removing release POMs [INFO] 15/17 prepare:run-completion-goals [INFO] 16/17 prepare:scm-commit-development [INFO] Checking in modified POMs... [INFO] 17/17 prepare:end-release [INFO] Release preparation complete. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 10.618 s [INFO] Finished at: 2026-06-23T15:19:40+02:00 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ``` Notice, the line "Building release 1.0-SNAPSHOT" -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
