This easy to use and optimized (no staging) configuration works only for mono module Maven build
With following configuration you can simply run: mvn site-deploy
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skipDeploy>true</skipDeploy><!-- don't deploy site with maven-site-plugin -->
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<configuration>
<content>/home/herve/projets/maven/trunks/plugins/maven-scm-publish-plugin/target/checkout/target/site</content><!-- mono-module doesn't require site:stage -->
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>scm-publish</id>
<phase>site-deploy</phase><!-- deploy site with maven-scm-publish-plugin -->
<goals>
<goal>publish-scm</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>