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Brett Porter commented on MRELEASE-721:
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I'm sure this is a duplicate, but I can't seem to find the original. This is a
long standing problem. There has at least been a few discussions on the Maven
lists about it.
> Release plugin should not operate on current SVN tunk/branch to create the tag
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> Key: MRELEASE-721
> URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-721
> Project: Maven 2.x Release Plugin
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: SebbASF
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> AIUI, the release plugin currently updates the trunk (or branch) working copy
> in order to create the RC tag.
> This is inherently unsafe, as the trunk loses its SNAPSHOT status for a short
> while.
> Also, if the RC fails, trunk has to be reset in order to start again.
> A better method would be to check out trunk into a new working copy, update
> that, and create the tag from the new WC.
> This has the added benefit of creating a clean working copy.
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