Could have sworn I tested that. In any case, apologies for the bad info. I think it would be reasonably easy to create a custom release plugin that worked in the way you're describing.
----- Original Message ----- From: Todd Thiessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org> Sent: Thu Dec 04 11:18:59 2008 Subject: RE: Limitation of the release plugin? Not so. Doing a working copy with uncommited changes actually does work with SVN 1.5.4. But it may be not supported in other SCMs. That I can understand. The term "working copy" does normally include uncommited files though. --- Todd Thiessen > -----Original Message----- > From: Edelson, Justin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 11:09 AM > To: users@maven.apache.org > Subject: Re: Limitation of the release plugin? > > Copying a working copy with uncommitted changes. It's part > the SCM-406 issue. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Todd Thiessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org> > Sent: Thu Dec 04 10:57:19 2008 > Subject: RE: Limitation of the release plugin? > > What won't? > > --- > Todd Thiessen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Edelson, Justin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:55 AM > > To: users@maven.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Limitation of the release plugin? > > > > And it won't work on SVN 1.5.x > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Brian E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org> > > Sent: Thu Dec 04 10:53:03 2008 > > Subject: RE: Limitation of the release plugin? > > > > Yeah but it sounds like you're thinking in svn terms only. > > This might not work for all scms. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Todd Thiessen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:45 AM > > To: Maven Users List > > Subject: RE: Limitation of the release plugin? > > > > My suggestion though is to not commit at all. Just do a > working copy. > > So no commit to tags would be required. > > > > --- > > Todd Thiessen > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Brian E. Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:42 AM > > > To: Maven Users List > > > Subject: RE: Limitation of the release plugin? > > > > > > Many scm's don't let you commit changes to tags, which is why it > > > commits to trunk first and then tags. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Todd Thiessen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 6:18 AM > > > To: Maven Users List > > > Subject: RE: Limitation of the release plugin? > > > > > > Have anyone considered changing the release plugin such > > that it does > > > not commit the changes to the POM which removes SNAPSHOT from the > > > version? > > > The only negative I can see is that you don't see a > history of this > > > change in your trunk. But this shouldn't matter since you > > have a copy > > > of this POM in your tags. In fact, this makes more sense to me > > > anyway. > > > I don't like seeing a released version of my POM in my > > trunk history. > > > > > > So to be clear, the steps would be changed to this (roughly): > > > > > > 1. Make changes to the POM in your working copy to remove > "SNAPSHOT" > > > from the version and make changes to your SCM entries to > > point to your > > > tags instead of your trunk. (Same) 2. DO NOT commit this > > change back > > > to trunk. (Different). > > > 3. Do an svn copy of your working directory to your tags, > > just as it > > > does today. (Same) 4. ... continue as normal > > > > > > Are there any negatives to this that I have overlooked? > > > > > > --- > > > Todd Thiessen > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
