Im trying to configure my first release and having an issue. Mvn release:clean Mvn release:prepare
[INFO] [release:prepare] [INFO] Resuming release from phase 'scm-tag' [INFO] Tagging release with the label RemedySLAFormula-1.0... [INFO] Executing: svn --non-interactive copy --file C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\maven-scm-15 39821319.commit . http://hardgwd01:7680/svn/Remedy_SLAPlugin/tags/RemedySLAFormu la-1.0 [INFO] Working directory: D:\java\netbeans_projects\Remedy_SLAFormula [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Unable to tag SCM Provider message: The svn tag command failed. Command output: svn: Commit failed (details follow): svn: Directory 'D:\java\netbeans_projects\Remedy_SLAFormula\target\.svn' contain ing working copy admin area is missing Other issues ive found on google indicate I need to exclude the target directory from my svn repository and ignore it at the svn level on my pc. Ive done this global-ignores = target *target* \target *.o *.lo *.la #*# .*.rej *.rej .*~ *~ .#* .DS_Store .settings But im still getting the error - and so now im wondering if I need to configure the release plugin to exclude the target directory from any activity. Is this the right thing to do and if so how do I do it. Ive tried adding exclude tags into the scm and release plugin in the pom to no avail. Thanks Simon Simon Taylor Service Tools Solutions (STS) Engineer Nortel Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office +44.1279 402291 (ESN 6 742 2291) Mobile +44.7740.533743 (ESN 748 3743)