How to invoke the MVN Release plugin for multiple modules

[hungryandrestless <hu...@gmail.com>]

I have got a project structure in which I have a number of child modules
being built from the top level pom and the default goal is install

I was wondering how does the release plugin supposed to work, should I add
the release plugin to the top level pom and just call the release:perform in
this top level pom file, in which case it checks all the code out to a
target – checkout subdirectory and then would it call the install goal on
the checked-out code or on the existing code which is in child directories.


+- pom.xml <- Add release tasks here ?
+- my-app
| +- pom.xml
| +- src
|   +- main
|     +- java
+- my-webapp
| +- pom.xml
| +- src
|   +- main
|     +- webapp
+- checkout
+- pom.xml
| +- my-app
|  +- pom.xml
|  +- src
|    +- main
|      +- java
| +- my-webapp
|  +- pom.xml
|  +- src
|    +- main
|      +- webapp



Or should I create a new “release only” pom kept at one folder level up from
the project parent pom.

pom.xml <- Add release tasks here ?
+- pom.xml
+- my-app
| +- pom.xml
| +- src
|   +- main
|     +- java
+- my-webapp
| +- pom.xml
| +- src
|   +- main
|     +- webapp
+- checkout
+- pom.xml
| +- my-app
|  +- pom.xml
|  +- src
|    +- main
|      +- java
| +- my-webapp
|  +- pom.xml
|  +- src
|    +- main
|      +- webapp



Please advise.

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