[MRELEASE-196] Release plugin needs a way to return the SCM urls to previously defined version after release (based on properties)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: scm
• Environment: Any pom where SCM information is based on properties
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Mykel Alvis
• Created: 07/Feb/07 10:27
• Updated: 04/May/12 16:08
• Resolved: 04/May/12 16:08

Description

My SCM urls are based on a well-defined pattern utilizing 1 or 2 properties and the artifactId
When the release plugin runs, it overrides these properties with the expanded SCM information, as expected.

However, when releasing a parent pom, this isn't an optimal situation. (My) parent poms need to be released by altering the property sets, not changing the SCM urls.

For example,

	<scm>
		<connection>scm:svn:${sird.scm.url.ro}</connection>
		<developerConnection>scm:svn:${sird.scm.url.dev}</developerConnection>
		<url>${sird.scm.url.view}</url>
	</scm>

is based on

		<!-- This is the developer url for this project, made from the scm host, the namespace, and the artifact id -->
		<sird.scm.url.dev>http://${sird.scm.host}/svnrepos/${sird.object.namespace}/${artifactId}/trunk</sird.scm.url.dev>
		<!-- This is the readonly url for this project, made from the scm host, the namespace, and the artifact id -->
		<sird.scm.url.ro>http://${sird.scm.host}/svnrepos/${sird.object.namespace}/${artifactId}/trunk</sird.scm.url.ro>
		<!-- This is the view (eg fisheye) url for this project, made from the scm host, the namespace, and the artifact id -->
		<sird.scm.url.view>http://${sird.scm.host}/svnrepos/${sird.object.namespace}/${artifactId}/trunk</sird.scm.url.view>

What I'd like is to be able to change the sird.scm.url.dev (for instance) to some OTHER value, such as substituting a different url like

		<!-- This is the developer url for this project, made from the scm host, the namespace, and the artifact id -->
		<sird.scm.url.dev>http://${sird.scm.host}/svnrepos/${sird.object.namespace}/${artifactId}/trunk</sird.scm.url.dev>
		<!-- This is the developer url for this project, made from the scm host, the namespace, and the artifact id -->
		<sird.scm.url.released>http://${sird.scm.host}/svnrepos/${sird.object.namespace}/${artifactId}/tags/${releaseTag}</sird.scm.url.dev>
               <releaseTag>blah</releaseTag>

with some property called releaseTag set by the release plugin into my property sets
and then having the release plugin just change the scm url to

	<scm>
           ...
		<developerConnection>scm:svn:${sird.scm.url.released}</developerConnection>
          ...
	</scm>

I know at least a couple of other places that manage a large number of artifacts like to do things like this.