Goals available for this plugin:
Goal | Description |
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release:branch | Branch a project in SCM. For more info see this example. |
release:clean | Clean up after a release preparation. For more info see this example. |
release:help | Display help information on maven-release-plugin. Call mvn release:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>to display parameter details. |
release:perform | Perform a release from SCM. For more info see this example. |
release:prepare | Prepare for a release in SCM. For more info see this example. |
release:prepare-with-pom | Prepare for a release in SCM, fully resolving dependencies for the purpose of producing a "release POM". For more info see this example. |
release:rollback | Rollback changes made by a previous release. For more info see this example. |
release:stage | Perform a release from SCM to a staging repository. |
release:update-versions | Update the POM versions for a project. For more info see this example. |
The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:
Maven | 2.0.9 |
JDK | 1.4 |
Memory | No minimum requirement. |
Disk Space | No minimum requirement. |
You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:
<project> ... <build> <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM --> <pluginManagement> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </plugin> ... </plugins> </pluginManagement> <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM --> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </plugin> ... </plugins> </build> ... </project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"