[MRELEASE-524] command line versions don't seem to work on release:branch for specific format

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: branch
• Environment: maven 2.2.1
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Brett Porter
• Reporter: Max Schaefer
• Created: 17/Feb/10 01:31
• Updated: 05/Apr/15 14:54
• Resolved: 29/Sep/10 03:19

Description

I have tried passing versions for certain modules to the command line while making a branch. The plugin ignores my parameters when running release:branch. It injects the defaults if I pass parameters in batch mode.

E.g. this command taken from the documentation does not work.

mvn --batch-mode release:branch -DbranchName=my-branch-1.2 -Dproject.rel.org.myCompany:projectA=1.2 \
-Dproject.dev.org.myCompany:projectA=2.0-SNAPSHOT

release:prepare supports this specific format for setting these values at command line.
Setting these values in a release.properties file e.g.
project.dev.org.myCompany\:projectA=2.0-SNAPSHOT
project.rel.org.myCompany\:projectA=1.2
works also fine.
Specifying the default at commandline works also e.g.
mvn --batch-mode release:branch -DbranchName=my-branch-1.2 -DreleaseVersion=1.2 \
-DdevelopmentVersion=2.0-SNAPSHOT

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: MRELEASE-600 command line versions don't work as documented on release:branch