[MNG-6608] Why can't project.version in pom.xml be set as a variable?

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Information Provided
• Affects Version/s: 3.6.0
• Component/s: Design, Patterns & Best Practices
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: chenxiaoyong
• Created: 14/Mar/19 01:57
• Updated: 11/Feb/21 06:24
• Resolved: 18/Dec/20 09:58

Description

we need modify project.version in pom.xml when we merge source code from develope branch to master branch in git. it‘s troublesome!

Why can't project.version in pom.xml be set as a variable?

for example:

<project ... >
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>org.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>example</artifactId>
    <version>${project-version}</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <properties>
        <project-version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</project-version>
    </properties>

    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <!-- snapshot -->
            <id>dev</id>
            <properties>
                <profiles.active>dev</profiles.active>
                <project-version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</project-version>
            </properties>
            <activation>
                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
            </activation>
        </profile>
        <profile>
            <!-- RELEASE -->
            <id>release</id>
            <properties>
                <profiles.active>release</profiles.active>
                <project-version>1.0.0-RELEASE</project-version>
            </properties>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
  
</project>

Issue Links

• is related to: MNG-5614 Continuous Delivery Friendly Versions not present in installed artifacts
• is superceded by: MNG-6656 Introduce base for build/consumer process