[MRELEASE-785] Arguments containing spaces and quotes cause the forked maven process to fail

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.4
• Component/s: prepare
• Environment: *nix
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Robert Elliot
• Created: 31/Jul/12 18:29
• Updated: 02/Oct/12 15:55
• Resolved: 02/Oct/12 15:55

Description

The following config:

<plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
              <mavenExecutorId>forked-path</mavenExecutorId>
              <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
              <arguments>-Dgpg.passphrase="a phrase 'containing' quotes and spaces"</arguments>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>

causes the forked clean verify to fail. This is preventing me using my gpg key as part of an automated release process.

This is due to a bug in Plexus Utils which I have raised as issue 152 PLXUTILS-152, and for which I have raised a pull request here: https://github.com/sonatype/plexus-utils/pull/5. I am raising an issue on the release plugin as when/if a fixed version of plexus utils is released the maven release plugin will need to upgrade to this new version to benefit.