Also the other thing is that if you use the release plugin it will handle updating the scm urls for releases or branches
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Stephen Connolly < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > URL is the web URL of a web based repository browser (if you have one... if > not, given you are using svn I recommend giving sventon a try) > > connection is the maven scm URL for anonymous read only access and might > need to have the guest or anon username embedded in the URL depending on the > scm provider > > developerConnection is the maven scm url for read/write access > > Sent from my iPod > > > On 29 Aug 2008, at 16:27, "Scott Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had just a quick question that I could not find documentation for, but I >> am a newbie so thanks in advance if this is obvious. >> >> Why is there a need to define a <connection> , <developerConnection> and >> <URL> ? >> >> I understand that you can configure which of connections you use, but it >> seems that your pom.xml has a fixed location within the repository and if >> it >> branched or moved then the connection data would need to be updated >> anyways. I am also a bit lost as to when the url setting is used. >> >> We are using Subversion for version control and as of now I have all 3 >> settings as the URL to the pom, and everything seems to work just fine. I >> would just like a bit more understanding of how and when these different >> values are used. >> >> Thanks - Scott >> >
