I'm trying to use release:prepare and it's obvious that the release plugin does not work with locking SCM providers yet. You need to call the SCM 'edit' command to open the POM for write access in Perforce and (I assume) Clearcase. Shall I open a JIRA issue?
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Cannot write released version of pom to: D:\perforce\depot\sandbox\mperham\scm-test\pom.xml at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.writePom(PrepareRele aseMojo.java:1487 ) at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.transformPomToReleas eVersionPom(Prepa reReleaseMojo.java:782) at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.execute(PrepareRelea seMojo.java:245) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginMa nager.java:399) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(Default LifecycleExecutor .java:519) ... 16 more Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\perforce\depot\sandbox\mperham\scm-test\pom.xml (Access is denied) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:179) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:131) at java.io.FileWriter.<init>(FileWriter.java:73) at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.writePom(PrepareRele aseMojo.java:1479 ) -----Original Message----- From: Emmanuel Venisse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 2:13 PM To: scm-dev@maven.apache.org Subject: Clearcase unedit command Can you remind me what is the role of this command for clearcase? Emmanuel