maven release plugin

mvn release:prepare

Preparing a release goes through the following release phases:

• Check that there are no uncommitted changes in the sources
• Check that there are no SNAPSHOT dependencies
• Change the version in the POMs from x-SNAPSHOT to a new version (you will be prompted for the versions to use)
• Transform the SCM information in the POM to include the final destination of the tag
• Run the project tests against the modified POMs to confirm everything is in working order
• Commit the modified POMs
• Tag the code in the SCM with a version name (this will be prompted for)
• Bump the version in the POMs to a new value y-SNAPSHOT (these values will also be prompted for)
• Commit the modified POMs

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<b>mvn release:</b><b>perform</b>

Performing a release runs the following release phases:

• Checkout from an SCM URL with optional tag
• Run the predefined Maven goals to release the project (by default, deploy site-deploy

Non-interactive

mvn --batch-mode -<i>Dtag</i>=my-proj-1.2 <b>release:prepare</b> \<br />                 -<i>DreleaseVersion</i>=1.2 \<br />                 -<i>DdevelopmentVersion</i>=2.0-SNAPSHOT

** There properties can be inside release.properties file

Cleaning
mvn release:clean - for cleaning resourced created by prepare
mvn release:rollback - for half done

Additional goals and release goals

<configuration>  <preparationGoals>clean install verify</preparationGoals>  <goals>deploy</goals><br /></configuration>

update version of all projects

mvn release:<i><b>update-versions</b></i> -DautoVersionSubmodules=true