Add support for -DdevelopmentVersion and -DreleaseVersion to facilitate command
line configuration
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Key: MRELEASE-321
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-321
Project: Maven 2.x Release Plugin
Issue Type: Improvement
Affects Versions: 2.0-beta-7
Reporter: Christian Nelson
We're about to start using the maven-release-plugin on a large project for both
branching and releasing. We found a few things that would be nice to pass in
as arguments on the command line so that the process doesn't require user
interaction. I looked to see if this was already possible and came up blank.
*Scenario 1*: release:branch needs two pieces of information: (a) the branch
name and (b) the "new working copy version". The former can be specified using
-DbranchName but the latter isn't documented. Is there a way to specify the
new working copy version on the command line? Ideally I'd be able to do
something like this:
| $ mvn release:branch -DbranchName=release-3.1 -DdevelopmentVersion=
3.2-SNAPSHOT
*Scenario 2*: release:prepare needs three pieces of information: (a) the
release version, (b) the release scm tag, and (c) the new development version.
According to the documentation, only the tag can be specified on the command
line using -Dtag=wombat. What about the others?
| $ mvn release:prepare -DreleaseVersion=3.1
-Dtag=release-3.1.0-DdevelopmentVersion=3.1.1-SNAPSHOT
Note we're also using -DautoVersionSubmodules=true, which is what gets us
pretty far in being able to fire these things off in a single shot without user
interaction.
I've been meaning to code up a fix so that I can submit it with this issue, but
haven't had the time yet. I hope to find the time soon, but in the mean time
would like some feedback on the idea (e.g. is there a way to do it already?).
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