After some hours of trial an error, I wasn't able to make scm with subversion work
svn: Cannot copy path '.' into its own child '../tags/0_1' Every time I run maven release:prepare, I obtain the next error I'm running it in linux Thanks guys! [DEBUG] Configuring mojo ' org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0-beta-3:prepare' --> [DEBUG] (f) basedir = /home/gdelacruz/develop/workspace/tapestry4-playroom [DEBUG] (f) generateReleasePoms = false [DEBUG] (f) interactive = true [DEBUG] (f) localRepository = [local] -> file:///home/gdelacruz/.m2/repository [DEBUG] (f) password = [DEBUG] (f) reactorProjects = [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [DEBUG] (f) resume = false [DEBUG] (f) settings = [EMAIL PROTECTED] [DEBUG] (f) tagBase = https://localhost/svn/repos/tapestry4-playroom/tags [DEBUG] (f) urlScm = scm:svn: https://localhost/svn/repos/tapestry4-playroom/trunk [DEBUG] (f) username = ger [DEBUG] -- end configuration -- [INFO] [release:prepare] [INFO] Verifying there are no local modifications ... [INFO] Checking lineage for snapshots ... [INFO] Checking dependencies for snapshots ... [INFO] Checking plugins for snapshots ... [INFO] What is the release version for 'tests:tapestry4-playroom'? [0.1] 0_1 [INFO] What tag name should be used? 0_1 [INFO] Checking in modified POMs [INFO] Tagging release with the label 0_1. Provider message: The svn tag command failed. Command output: svn: No se puede copiar la ruta '.' a su propio descendiente '../tags/0_1' (it means svn: Cannot copy path '.' into its own child '../tags/0_1' [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [INFO] An error is occurred in the tag process. Embedded error: Error! [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [DEBUG] Trace org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: An error is occurred in the tag process. at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals( DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:556) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal( DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:485) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal( DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:455) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:303) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments( DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:216) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute( DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:139) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:322) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:115) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:249) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java :315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java :430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: An error is occurred in the tag process. at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.tagRelease( PrepareReleaseMojo.java:1414) at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.execute( PrepareReleaseMojo.java:246) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo( DefaultPluginManager.java:415) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals( DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:531) ... 16 more Caused by: org.apache.maven.scm.ScmException: Error! at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.helpers.ScmHelper.checkResult( ScmHelper.java:124) at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.helpers.ScmHelper.tag( ScmHelper.java:226) at org.apache.maven.plugins.release.PrepareReleaseMojo.tagRelease( PrepareReleaseMojo.java:1410) ... 19 more [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [INFO] Total time: 10 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Wed Feb 08 17:59:22 ART 2006 [INFO] Final Memory: 4M/8M [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- My pom... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>tests</groupId> <artifactId>tapestry4-playroom</artifactId> <name>Maven Quick Start Archetype</name> <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <description>tapestry4-playroom</description> <url>http://maven.apache.org</url> <scm> <connection>scm:svn:https://localhost/svn/repos/tapestry4-playroom/trunk </connection> <developerConnection>scm:svn: https://localhost/svn/repos/tapestry4-playroom/trunk</developerConnection> </scm> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <resume>false</resume> <tagBase>https://localhost/svn/repos/tapestry4-playroom/tags </tagBase> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <source>1.5</source> <target>1.5</target> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId> <configuration></configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <username>${username}</username> <password>${password}</password> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> <dependencies> ..... </dependencies> </project>