Using the Maven SCM plugin

Maven provides a mechanism to interact with SCM systems in a vendor-independent way. Typically, a Maven project is checked in an SCM. Using the Maven SCM plugin, you can perform a number of SCM-related activities.

Getting ready

The Maven project that we want to use the plugin with should be in an SCM. Maven supports a number of SCM providers. We will use Git to illustrate this.

How to do it...

  1. Add the following code to your pom file:
      <scm>
        <connection>scm:git:https://bitbucket.org/maruhgar/apache-maven-cookbook</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://maruhgar@bitbucket.org/maruhgar/apache-maven-cookbook</developerConnection>
        <url>https://bitbucket.org/maruhgar/apache-maven-cookbook</url>
    </scm>
  2. Run the following ...

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