The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Release Plugin, version 3.0.0-M1. This plugin is used to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of repetitive, manual work. Releasing a project is made in two steps: prepare and perform. https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.0.0-M1</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page:
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/download.cgi Release Notes - Maven Release Plugin - Version 3.0.0-M1 ** Bug * [MRELEASE-229] - release:rollback is missing remove tag implementation * [MRELEASE-601] - The Maven 2 release plugin modifies CDATA elements in pom.xml files. * [MRELEASE-694] - -SNAPSHOT is unexpectedly appended to version in branched pom.xml * [MRELEASE-908] - Git HTTP authentication failing if there are spaces in the password * [MRELEASE-928] - exposing the password for SCM URL if build failed to commit files to SCM * [MRELEASE-947] - Wiki page URL for maven-release-plugin is wrong - post Codehaus termination * [MRELEASE-964] - Error injecting: org.apache.maven.shared.release.phase.RewritePomsForReleasePhase * [MRELEASE-966] - release plugin does not respect "mvn -f" * [MRELEASE-968] - Maven release plugin missing plexus-cipher dependency * [MRELEASE-975] - NPE when using an unknown project versionpolicy id * [MRELEASE-997] - Unable to release:perform on windows if a file name contains spaces on windows * [MRELEASE-1009] - Compilation failure when using Java 10 * [MRELEASE-1034] - Remove SCM tag blocks rollback in some situations ** New Feature * [MRELEASE-956] - Release Strategy Interface * [MRELEASE-980] - Provide the ability to control commit messages * [MRELEASE-985] - Override SNAPSHOT dependencies from command line * [MRELEASE-998] - Add ability to create custom phases * [MRELEASE-1029] - update project.build.outputTimestamp property on prepare * [MRELEASE-1031] - display release phases to give insight on what's going on during release ** Improvement * [MRELEASE-703] - [PATCH] Migration from obsolete plexus-maven-plugin to plexus-containers-component-metadata * [MRELEASE-873] - Remove possibly confusing non-standard goals from example * [MRELEASE-896] - Disable by default and deprecate useReleaseProfile parameter * [MRELEASE-909] - Add workItem/task support for scm deliver * [MRELEASE-958] - Using three digit version number (semver) * [MRELEASE-976] - release:branch should also support project version policies * [MRELEASE-977] - release:branch should prompt for branch name if none is given * [MRELEASE-979] - Support NamingPolicies to manage Branch and Tag names * [MRELEASE-992] - Deprecated maven flag --no-plugin-updates shows warnings in the console output * [MRELEASE-993] - Use shallow checkout per default (git scm) * [MRELEASE-994] - Drop Maven2 support * [MRELEASE-1005] - Extract ResourceGenerator from ReleasePhase * [MRELEASE-1007] - Rework usage workingDirectory and commonBasedir * [MRELEASE-1023] - Minor code cleanups * [MRELEASE-1032] - add https://m.a.o/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd schema instead of http://m.a.o/maven-v4_0_0.xsd ** Task * [MRELEASE-356] - Deprecate the automated release profile * [MRELEASE-990] - switch to Git * [MRELEASE-1027] - New Release * [MRELEASE-1033] - Site: Dead link to wiki ** Dependency upgrade * [MRELEASE-952] - Replace JDom as XML transformer * [MRELEASE-1010] - Upgrade maven-plugins parent to version 32 * [MRELEASE-1024] - Upgrade to SCM 1.11.2 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
