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Robert Patrick commented on MRELEASE-951: ----------------------------------------- If it is not a bug, what is the purpose of the release.properties file and its ability to specify the development version if the plug does not honor it? > Release plugin ignores release.properties developmentVersion property > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MRELEASE-951 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-951 > Project: Maven Release Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Environment: maven-release-plugin 2.5.3 > Reporter: Robert Patrick > Priority: Major > > I created my release.properties file with the following content: > tag=myproject-2.0.0 > releaseVersion=2.0.0 > developmentVersion=2.1.0-SNAPSHOT > and invoked the release plugin with: > mvn --batch-mode release:prepare > After running the maven-release-plugin, the POM version was set to > 2.0.1-SNAPSHOT even though I told it to set it to 2.1.0-SNAPSHOT. > -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)