Goals available for this plugin:
| Goal | Report? | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| changes:jira-report | Yes | Goal which downloads issues from the Issue Tracking System and generates a report. | 
| changes:announcement-mail | No | Goal which sends an announcement through email. | 
| changes:announcement-generate | No | Goal which generate the template for an announcement. | 
| changes:changes-report | Yes | Goal which creates a nicely formatted Changes Report in html format from a changes.xml file. | 
| changes:help | No | Display help information on 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-changes-plugin' plugin. Call 'mvn changes:help -Ddetail=true' to display all details. | 
The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:
| Maven | 2.0 | 
| JDK | 1.4 | 
| Memory | No minimum requirement. | 
| Disk Space | No minimum requirement. | 
You could run 'mvn -up' to get the latest version of this plugin, or 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-changes-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-changes-plugin<artifactId>
        <version>2.0<version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
  <!-- To use the report goals in your POM or parent POM -->
  <reporting>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins<groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-changes-plugin<artifactId>
        <version>2.0<version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </reporting>
  ...
</project>