Goals available for this plugin:
| Goal | Description |
|---|---|
| release:branch | Branch a project in SCM, using the same steps as the release:prepare goal, creating a branch instead of a tag. For more info see http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/branch.html. |
| release:clean | Clean up after a release preparation. This is done automatically after a successful release:perform, so is best served for cleaning up a failed or abandoned release, or a dry run. Note that only the working copy is cleaned up, no previous steps are rolled back. For more info see http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/clean-release.html. |
| 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, either from a specified tag, or the tag representing the previous release in the working copy created by release:prepare. For more info see http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/perform-release.html. |
| release:prepare | Prepare for a release in SCM. Steps through several phases to ensure the POM is ready to be released and then prepares SCM to eventually contain a tagged version of the release and a record in the local copy of the parameters used. This can be followed by a call to release:perform. For more info see http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/prepare-release.html. |
| release:prepare-with-pom | Prepare for a release in SCM, fully resolving dependencies for the purpose of producing a "release POM". |
| release:rollback | Rollback changes made by a previous release. This requires that the previous release descriptor release.properties is still available in the local working copy. For more info see http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/rollback-release.html. |
| release:stage | Perform a release from SCM to a staging repository. |
| release:update-versions | Update the POM versions for a project. This performs the normal version updates of the release:prepare goal without making other modifications to the SCM such as tagging. For more info see http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/examples/update-versions.html. |
The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:
| Maven | 2.0.9 |
| JDK | 1.5 |
| 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>2.2.2</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>2.2.2</version>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
</build>
...
</project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"