Goals Overview

• release:clean Clean up after a release preparation.
• release:prepare Prepare for a release in SCM.
• release:prepare-with-pom Prepare for a release in SCM, and generate release POMs that record the fully resolved projects used.
• release:rollback Rollback a previous release.
• release:perform Perform a release from SCM.
• release:stage Perform a release from SCM into a staging folder/repository.
• release:branch Create a branch of the current project with all versions updated.
• release:update-versions Update the versions in the POM(s).

Usage

General instructions on how to use the Release Plugin can be found on the usage page, with one additional page per goal. Some more specific use cases are described in the examples given below.

In case you still have questions regarding the plugin's usage, please have a look at the FAQ and feel free to contact the user mailing list. The posts to the mailing list are archived and could already contain the answer to your question as part of an older thread. Hence, it is also worth browsing/searching the mail archive.

If you feel like the plugin is missing a feature or has a defect, you can fill a feature request or bug report in our issue tracker. When creating a new issue, please provide a comprehensive description of your concern. Especially for fixing bugs it is crucial that the developers can reproduce your problem. For this reason, entire debug logs, POMs or most preferably little demo projects attached to the issue are very much appreciated. Of course, patches are welcome, too. Contributors can check out the project from our source repository and will find supplementary information in the guide to helping with Maven.

Examples

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

• Run Additional Goals Before Commit
• Lock Files During Release