What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?

2012-09-27 Thread Laird Nelson
I can't figure out what the tag parameter is supposed to do for the maven-release-plugin branch goal. Could someone point me at some alternate source of documentation? The maven-release-plugin branch goal simply says ( http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/branch-mojo.html#tag): T

Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?

2012-09-27 Thread Laird Nelson
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Laird Nelson wrote: > I can't figure out what the tag parameter is supposed to do for the > maven-release-plugin branch goal. > I'm guessing that this is just a mistake; much of the branch goal seems to bear a striking similarity to the perform goal; I smell cut-

Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?

2012-09-28 Thread Anders Lindgren
Hi Laird, I would guess that it is used by SCM's like CVS which takes an existing tag as base for a new branch. The explanation could be better as many of the other parameters describes SVN specific usage. /Anders On Thu, 2012-09-27 at 19:16 +0200, Laird Nelson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at

Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?

2012-09-28 Thread Ron Wheeler
Or is could create a tag for the release. That would make sense, I think. Ron On 28/09/2012 3:34 AM, Anders Lindgren wrote: Hi Laird, I would guess that it is used by SCM's like CVS which takes an existing tag as base for a new branch. The explanation could be better as many of the other param

Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?

2012-09-28 Thread Laird Nelson
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Anders Lindgren < anders.lindg...@cinnober.com> wrote: > I would guess that it is used by SCM's like CVS which takes an existing > tag as base for a new branch. > The explanation could be better as many of the other parameters > describes SVN specific usage. > Th

Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?

2012-09-28 Thread Mark Struberg
strub - Original Message - > From: Laird Nelson > To: Maven Users List > Cc: > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 4:47 PM > Subject: Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do? > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Anders Lindgren < > anders.li

Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?

2012-09-28 Thread Robert Scholte
ub - Original Message - From: Laird Nelson To: Maven Users List Cc: Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 4:47 PM Subject: Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do? On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Anders Lindgren < anders.lindg...@cinnober.com> wrote: I would