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Posted to users@maven.apache.org by Laird Nelson <lj...@gmail.com> on 2012/09/27 18:48:01 UTC
What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?
I can't figure out what the tag parameter is supposed to do for the
maven-release-plugin branch goal. Could someone point me at some alternate
source of documentation?
The maven-release-plugin branch goal simply says (
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/branch-mojo.html#tag):
The SCM tag to use.
...Use to do...to do what?
Best,
Laird
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Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?
Posted by Laird Nelson <lj...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 5:27 AM, Ron Wheeler <rwheeler@artifact-software.com
> wrote:
> Or is could create a tag for the release.
>
What release? release:branch creates a branch, not a release; what would
make sense to tag here?
Best,
Laird
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Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?
Posted by Ron Wheeler <rw...@artifact-software.com>.
Or is could create a tag for the release.
That would make sense, I think.
Ron
On 28/09/2012 3:34 AM, Anders Lindgren wrote:
> Hi Laird,
>
> I would guess that it is used by SCM's like CVS which takes an existing
> tag as base for a new branch.
> The explanation could be better as many of the other parameters
> describes SVN specific usage.
>
> /Anders
>
> On Thu, 2012-09-27 at 19:16 +0200, Laird Nelson wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Laird Nelson <lj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I can't figure out what the tag parameter is supposed to do for the
>>> maven-release-plugin branch goal.
>>>
>> I'm guessing that this is just a mistake; much of the branch goal seems to
>> bear a striking similarity to the perform goal; I smell cut-and-paste. :-)
>> Maybe this is a property that got copied over but isn't used?
>>
>> Best,
>> Laird
>>
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Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?
Posted by Robert Scholte <rf...@apache.org>.
With one of my latest commits for the maven-release-plugin I've added an
extra AbstractMojo layer, which should contain all scm-related parameters.
Main reason is the update-versions goal [1]
It says: ... without making other modifications to the SCM such as tagging.
All scm-related won't be used and cause a lot of confusion.
So first improvements have recently been committed, but there's still room
for more.
Robert
[1]
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/update-versions-mojo.html
Op Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:57:27 +0200 schreef Mark Struberg
<st...@yahoo.de>:
> +1 Laird, that is for sure the best thing. I guess we need to clean up a
> few things in this area.
>
> An attempt for a small historical summary:
>
> * <tag> was useful in CVS (not in all operations but in most)
>
> * <tag> is almost useless in SVN as you get a different directory for
> branches and tags
> * due to SVN being the dominating SCM for most of the last decade, we
> didn't take much care about <tag>
> * <tag> is useful again for a lot of the newer DSCMs which handle tags
> and branches more like CVS than SVN.
>
> and now we need to clean up the mess ;)
> I personally think it will not be that hard to do.
>
> strub
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Laird Nelson <lj...@gmail.com>
>> To: Maven Users List <us...@maven.apache.org>
>> Cc:
>> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 4:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Anders Lindgren <
>> anders.lindgren@cinnober.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I would guess that it is used by SCM's like CVS which takes an
>>> existing
>>> tag as base for a new branch.
>>> The explanation could be better as many of the other parameters
>>> describes SVN specific usage.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks; I guess I'll just go dig through the source.
>>
>> Best,
>> Laird
>>
>> --
>> http://about.me/lairdnelson
>>
>
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Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?
Posted by Mark Struberg <st...@yahoo.de>.
+1 Laird, that is for sure the best thing. I guess we need to clean up a few things in this area.
An attempt for a small historical summary:
* <tag> was useful in CVS (not in all operations but in most)
* <tag> is almost useless in SVN as you get a different directory for branches and tags
* due to SVN being the dominating SCM for most of the last decade, we didn't take much care about <tag>
* <tag> is useful again for a lot of the newer DSCMs which handle tags and branches more like CVS than SVN.
and now we need to clean up the mess ;)
I personally think it will not be that hard to do.
strub
----- Original Message -----
> From: Laird Nelson <lj...@gmail.com>
> To: Maven Users List <us...@maven.apache.org>
> Cc:
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 4:47 PM
> Subject: Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Anders Lindgren <
> anders.lindgren@cinnober.com> wrote:
>
>> I would guess that it is used by SCM's like CVS which takes an existing
>> tag as base for a new branch.
>> The explanation could be better as many of the other parameters
>> describes SVN specific usage.
>>
>
> Thanks; I guess I'll just go dig through the source.
>
> Best,
> Laird
>
> --
> http://about.me/lairdnelson
>
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Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?
Posted by Laird Nelson <lj...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Anders Lindgren <
anders.lindgren@cinnober.com> wrote:
> I would guess that it is used by SCM's like CVS which takes an existing
> tag as base for a new branch.
> The explanation could be better as many of the other parameters
> describes SVN specific usage.
>
Thanks; I guess I'll just go dig through the source.
Best,
Laird
--
http://about.me/lairdnelson
Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?
Posted by Anders Lindgren <an...@cinnober.com>.
Hi Laird,
I would guess that it is used by SCM's like CVS which takes an existing
tag as base for a new branch.
The explanation could be better as many of the other parameters
describes SVN specific usage.
/Anders
On Thu, 2012-09-27 at 19:16 +0200, Laird Nelson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Laird Nelson <lj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I can't figure out what the tag parameter is supposed to do for the
> > maven-release-plugin branch goal.
> >
>
> I'm guessing that this is just a mistake; much of the branch goal seems to
> bear a striking similarity to the perform goal; I smell cut-and-paste. :-)
> Maybe this is a property that got copied over but isn't used?
>
> Best,
> Laird
>
Re: What does the "tag" parameter for release:branch do?
Posted by Laird Nelson <lj...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Laird Nelson <lj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't figure out what the tag parameter is supposed to do for the
> maven-release-plugin branch goal.
>
I'm guessing that this is just a mistake; much of the branch goal seems to
bear a striking similarity to the perform goal; I smell cut-and-paste. :-)
Maybe this is a property that got copied over but isn't used?
Best,
Laird
--
http://about.me/lairdnelson