I'll try using the git windows port and I guess it will work. However, could Maven not try to support this environment, understand that it is running in Cygwin and don't use cmd.exe and create a 'normal' tmp path.
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nord, James" <jn...@nds.com> > To: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org>; Martin Lichtin > <lich...@yahoo.com> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:25 PM > Subject: RE: mvn release:prepare cannot git-commit the pom.xml change > > Have you tried with the git windows port rather than Cygwin git. > That works for me on windows with the release plugin. > > Mixing windows and DOS paths / tools is never a good combination in my > experience. > > /James > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Lichtin [mailto:lich...@yahoo.com] > Sent: 13 November 2012 15:50 > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Re: mvn release:prepare cannot git-commit the pom.xml change > > Same with version 2.3.2 (many thanks of course for pointing out the old > version > I was trying with). > > [INFO] Checking in modified POMs... > [INFO] Executing: cmd.exe /X /C "git add -- pom.xml" > [INFO] Working directory: > C:\users\mli\nuc\core\master\main\inuc > [INFO] Executing: cmd.exe /X /C "git status" > [INFO] Working directory: > C:\users\mli\nuc\core\master\main\inuc > [INFO] Executing: cmd.exe /X /C "git commit --verbose -F > C:\cygwin\tmp\maven-scm-915771020.commit pom.xml" > [INFO] Working directory: > C:\users\mli\nuc\core\master\main\inuc > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] BUILD FAILURE > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: 10.227s > [INFO] Finished at: Tue Nov 13 16:45:35 CET 2012 [INFO] Final Memory: 6M/102M > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.3.2:prepare (default-cli) on > project inuc: Unable to commit files [ERROR] Provider message: > [ERROR] The git-commit command failed. > [ERROR] Command output: > [ERROR] fatal: could not read log file > 'inuc/C:\cygwin\tmp\maven-scm-915771020.commit': No such > file or directory > > Strangely enough, it looks like a Git issue? > > $ echo X > "C:\cygwin\tmp\commit" > $ cat "C:\cygwin\tmp\commit" > X > $ cmd.exe /X /C "git commit --verbose -F C:\cygwin\tmp\commit > pom.xml" > fatal: could not read log file 'inuc/C:\cygwin\tmp\commit': > No such file or directory > > > $ git --version > git version 1.7.9 > > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> >> To: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:55 PM >> Subject: Re: mvn release:prepare cannot git-commit the pom.xml change >> >> The logging says: > "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0:prepare" >> This means you're using a pretty old version of the > maven-release-plugin. >> Try to lock the version on 2.3.2 first. >> >> Robert >> >> >> Op Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:17:33 +0100 schreef Martin Lichtin > <lich...@yahoo.com>: >> >>> Hi >>> As a first-time user of the "release" plugin, I'm running > into the following problem: >>> >>> [INFO] Checking in modified POMs... >>> [INFO] Executing: cmd.exe /X /C "git add -- pom.xml" >>> [INFO] Working directory: > C:\Users\mli\nuc\core\master\main\inuc >>> [INFO] Executing: cmd.exe /X /C "git status" >>> [INFO] Working directory: > C:\Users\mli\nuc\core\master\main\inuc >>> [INFO] Executing: cmd.exe /X /C "git commit --verbose -F > C:\cygwin\tmp\maven-scm-1106545469.commit pom.xml" >>> [INFO] Working directory: > C:\Users\mli\nuc\core\master\main\inuc >>> [INFO] >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --- >>> [INFO] BUILD FAILURE >>> [INFO] >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --- >>> [INFO] Total time: 6.521s >>> [INFO] Finished at: Tue Nov 13 14:44:27 CET 2012 [INFO] Final Memory: >>> 7M/104M [INFO] >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --- [ERROR] Failed to execute goal >>> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0:prepare >>> (default-cli) on project inuc: Unable to commit files [ERROR] Provider > message: >>> [ERROR] The git-commit command failed. >>> [ERROR] Command output: >>> [ERROR] fatal: could not read log file >>> 'inuc/C:\cygwin\tmp\maven-scm-1106545469.commit': > No such file or >>> directory >>> >>> Note how the last line shows a log file name erroneously prefixed with > the module name. >>> Is this a problem caused by cmd.exe versus cygwin interaction? Or could > it even be a git bug. >>> >>> Martin >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> >> >> > > ________________________________ > > > ************************************************************************************** > This message is confidential and intended only for the addressee. If you have > received this message in error, please immediately notify the > postmas...@nds.com > and delete it from your system as well as any copies. The content of e-mails > as > well as traffic data may be monitored by NDS for employment and security > purposes. To protect the environment please do not print this e-mail unless > necessary. > > NDS Limited. Registered Office: One London Road, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 > 4EX, > United Kingdom. A company registered in England and Wales. Registered no. > 3080780. VAT no. 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