Maven Release Plugin

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.

Goals Overview

release:clean Clean up after a release preparation.
release:perform Perform a release from SCM
release:prepare Prepare for a release in SCM.
release:rollback Rollback a previous release.
release:branch Create a branch of the current project with all versions updated.

Usage

Instructions on how to use the Maven Release Plugin can be found here .

Examples

To provide you with better understanding on some usages of the Maven Release Plugin, you can take a look into the following examples:

Perform Release
Prepare Release
Generate Release POMs
Lock Files During Release
Run Additional Goals Before Commit
Create a branch

Overview

Examples

Project Documentation

Maven Release Plugin

Goals Overview

Usage

Examples