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Robert Patrick commented on MRELEASE-1119: ------------------------------------------ That is really ugly. The property file I showed works perfectly fine except when changing the development version. Not sure I understand why the same system properties you use on the command-line cannot be used in the release.properties file. Seems like everything expect the developmentVersion is already working using the old approach I was using. If this were my project, I would treat that as a bug... > release plugin ignores developmentVersion > ----------------------------------------- > > Key: MRELEASE-1119 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRELEASE-1119 > Project: Maven Release Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 3.0.0 > Reporter: Robert Patrick > Assignee: Karl Heinz Marbaise > Priority: Major > > I just ran a release process using the 3.0.0 version of the > maven-release-plugin with a release.properties file like this: > {{tag=release-3.0.4}} > {{releaseVersion=3.0.4}} > {{developmentVersion=3.1.0-SNAPSHOT}} > After running {{mvn -B release:prepare release:perform}}, the pom.xml version > is 3.0.5-SNAPSHOT. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)