In the .mvn folder put an extension that contributes the ${rev} property
based on whatever you seem safe
Then just have the project version include the ${rev} at the appropriate
place
On Tuesday 8 March 2016, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Eric B <ebenza...@gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > The first question I have to ask is what you are trying to accomplish
> with
> > your continuous-delivery?
>
>
> We have a Maven multi-module build which has thousands of unit tests. We
> use Bamboo for CI and if we get a green build that means that all the tests
> pass of course and that we successfully deployed the build to our repo (we
> use Artifactory). We use the Maven's deploy to deploy, not the release
> plugin.
>
> At this point anyone can use the built product out of Bamboo's saved
> artifacts or Artifactory: our internal/external consultants, sales
> engineers, formal QA, other downstream, products, and so on. It's up to the
> PO to decide when to slap a new major or minor version label and he/she can
> do at anytime.
>
> From development's POV, a green build is a released product, with a version
> for example 3.1.201601070101 (3.1.YYYYMMDDHHMM). We used to have the SVN
> version number as the maintenance version part but we are switching to Git
> soon, hence the move to timestamps.
>
> Our parent POM contains what is considered a Maven "hack":
>
> <properties>
>
> <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMddHHmm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
> <version.major>3</version.major>
> <version.minor>1</version.minor>
> <version.main>${version.major}.${version.minor}</version.main>
> <revision>${maven.build.timestamp}</revision>
> <dv.version>${version.main}.${revision}</dv.version>
>
> Each module then has:
>
> <version>${dv.version}</version>
>
> What is the Maven way to achieve this goal?
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> > Are you trying to put snapshot versions into a
> > production/release state?
> >
> > The biggest issue I have noticed with teams is the misunderstanding of
> how
> > SNAPSHOTs work, or their purpose in the development process. Either
> teams
> > want to release applications in SNAPSHOT mode, or release code that is
> > essentially in SNAPSHOT (ie: development) mode, but with fixed version
> > numbers. But instead of changing version numbers, they use something
> like
> > a timestamp to increment version numbers automatically. But at the end
> of
> > it all, it kind of contravenes maven's versioning concept.
> >
> > Normally, if your artifact is a work in progress, you should just be
> using
> > a SNAPSHOT. If you are looking to make a real release, then you should
> be
> > promoting your code from a SNAPSHOT to a fixed version. Generally, the
> > concept of continuous-delivery should only apply when in a SNAPSHOT mode,
> > since anything else isn't changing (ie: a fixed release doesn't need to
> be
> > re-delivered).
> >
> > So then that begs the question why you need to constantly change your
> > version numbers during your development phase?
> >
> > And if the goal is truly to have fixed versions for some other team to
> have
> > access to a "stable" version of your artifact (ie: they can be guaranteed
> > that it isn't going to change as you continue to develop), you could
> always
> > use something like the maven-release-plugin to promote from SNAPSHOT to a
> > fixed version, and then re-open the next version as a SNAPSHOT.
> (Although
> > I know there are many dissenters against the release-plugin).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a Maven-way to do continuous delivery then? As opposed
> > > to continuous integration.
> > >
> > > Our current hack is to use the date as the maintenance version as a
> > > variable for example 3.1.20160102
> > >
> > > G
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Eric B <ebenza...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I personally have a pet-peeve of using system variables to define
> > version
> > > > numbers; I find it is counter productive to the building of maven
> > > > artifacts. There is no traceability to determine the actual version
> > of
> > > an
> > > > artifact once it has been built. At least having a fixed version
> > number
> > > in
> > > > the <version> element shows up in the META-INF/maven/../pom.* files.
> > > >
> > > > Is using a variable for the version even a good idea?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Eric
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:04 AM, Stephen Connolly <
> > > > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > only specific properties are permitted for expansion in XPath paths
> > > that
> > > > > match the following regex
> > > /project/(parent/)?(groupId|artifactId|version)
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2 March 2016 at 05:39, Raghu <raghunath...@yahoo.com.invalid>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I have a POM with parent node as below: <parent>
> > > > > > <groupId>com.test</groupId> <artifactId>pom.parent</artifactId>
> > > > > > <version>${test.version}</version>
> > > > > > <relativePath>../scripts/pom.xml</relativePath> </parent>
> > > > > > This used to work till maven 3.3.3 version - mvn clean install.
> > > > However,
> > > > > > the version 3.3.9 throws error though. When I change the version
> > to a
> > > > > value
> > > > > > instead of the variable, it works fine.
> > > > > > Won't maven support variable for version? Or is it a bug with
> > 3.3.9?
> > > > > > Appreciate your response...
> > > > > > - regards,raghu
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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