mvn release:perform automatically specify scm tag that includes release version

Question

I would like to setup my maven release to run in batch mode, but I'm not a fan of the default scm tag ${artifactId}-${releaseVersion}. Instead, I'd like to simply tag it with ${releaseVersion}; however, I'm unclear if such a property exists (ie. without the -SNAPSHOT suffix).

I'd like the configuration to resemble the code below. Is such a default tagging possible with the maven-release-plugin?

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.0</version>
  <configuration>
    <tag>${releaseVersion}</tag>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

Answer 1

try this:

<configuration>
     <tag>${project.version}</tag>
</configuration>

Answer 2

I just got this to work when using Hudson to do my release. I noted that Hudson (with the Maven Release Plugin) is initiating the command with a property like -Dproject.rel.com.example:my-artifact-id=1.0.1. Using the following plugin configuration:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <tag>REL-${project.rel.com.example:my-artifact-id}</tag>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Resulted in the tag being REL-1.0.1

I'm new to the release plugin but I would assume something similar would work from the command line.

Answer 3

You can pass in the properties for:

releaseVersion -- What version you want it to be released as (1.0) developmentVersion -- The next version (2.0-SNAPSHOT) tag -- The name of the tag

a 1.0-SNAPSHOT implies a 1.0 release version, but doesn't set it. You can set that property in your POM file as a regular property.