[MRELEASE-1026] release:perform issues a git add with more than 27000 bytes.

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-M1
• Component/s: prepare
• Labels: features windows
• Environment: Windows 2012 Server
• Assignee: Michael Osipov
• Reporter: Martin Brossmann
• Created: 14/May/19 15:32
• Updated: 04/Apr/20 10:55
• Resolved: 04/Apr/20 10:55

Description

When releasing a multi module maven Project more than 200 components the release prepare step tries to call the following git command:

cmd.exe /X /C "git add - F:\project\pro1\group1\omponent1\pom.xml 
 F:\project\pro1\group1\omponent2\pom.xml 
 .
 .
 . 
 F:\project\pro1\pom.xml

The command line is more than 27000 bytes long. In my Jenkins Job I am getting the following error:

16:50:02 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 16:50:02 [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.5.3:prepare (default-cli) on project xentric-aggregators-allmodules: Unable to commit files
 16:50:02 [ERROR] Provider message:
 16:50:02 [ERROR] The git-add command failed.
 16:50:02 [ERROR] Command output:
 16:50:02 [ERROR] The command line is too long.
 16:50:02 [ERROR] -> [Help 1]
 16:50:02 [ERROR] 
 16:50:02 [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
 16:50:02 [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
 16:50:02 [ERROR] 
 16:50:02 [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
 16:50:02 [ERROR] [Help 1] [http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException]
 16:50:02 [ERROR] 
 16:50:02 [ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
 16:50:02 [ERROR] mvn <goals> -rf :xentric-aggregators-allmodules

Cause for the error:
Windows 2012 only accepts 8192 Bytes on the command line. 
 
Possible solution:
Do the git add in smaller portions.

Issue Links

• depends upon: SCM-797 gitexe checkIn() fails due to Windows command line length limitation