[MRELEASE-617] Maven release plugin branch goal failing with authentication error

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Auto Closed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1
• Component/s: branch
• Environment: Fedora Core 13, subversion-1.6.13-1.fc13, maven 3.0, Java JDK 1.6.0_20
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ricardo Gladwell
• Created: 23/Nov/10 08:17
• Updated: 16/Mar/18 22:39
• Resolved: 16/Mar/18 22:39

Description

When I try to run branch on any application I get the following error:

mvn release:branch -DbranchName=TEST -Dusername=ricardo

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0:branch (default-cli) on project throttle-spring-annotations: Unable to branch SCM
[ERROR] Provider message:
[ERROR] The svn branch command failed.
[ERROR] Command output:
[ERROR] svn: OPTIONS of 'http://nmsvn.bskyb.com:1080/repositories/loyalty/throttle-spring-annotations': authorization failed: Could not authenticate to server: rejected Basic challenge

I can execute subversion commits out of maven from the command line without requiring my password so not sure why this is failing.