maven release:perform failed

Question

I'm trying to understand the maven-release-plugin (version 2.0, CVS). The release-prepare works well. But I do not understand why the release-perform don't work?? I've tested the deploy feature and I can deploy artifacts to the remote repo without any exceptions.

[INFO] [ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] [INFO] Failed to configure plugin parameters for: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.4
[INFO] check that the following section of the pom.xml is present and correct:
[INFO] <distributionManagement>
[INFO]   <!-- use the following if you're not using a snapshot version. -->
[INFO]   <repository>
[INFO]     <id>repo</id>
[INFO]     <name>Repository Name</name>
[INFO]     <url>scp://host/path/to/repo</url>
[INFO]   </repository>
[INFO]   <!-- use the following if you ARE using a snapshot version. -->
[INFO]   <snapshotRepository>
[INFO]     <id>repo</id>
[INFO]     <name>Repository Name</name>
[INFO]     <url>scp://host/path/to/repo</url>
[INFO]   </snapshotRepository>
[INFO] </distributionManagement>
[INFO]
[INFO] Cause: Class 'org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository' cannot be instantiated
[INFO] Maven execution failed, exit code: '1'

Answer 1

I've resolve the issue. I tried to make the release from the my child POM. The repository url specified in the parent POM. But why my child POM didn't inherit it...

Answer 2

First you should make sure you have configured the distributionManagement in the right way, as suggested by the error itself. Then you try running the release:prepare goal specifying to the command line “-Dresume=false” like this:

$ mvn release:prepare -Dresume=false

Upon successful completion, run the release:perform goal again, the error should hopefully disappear.