[SCM-341] tag is not required for an scm:tag operation

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.1
• Component/s: documentation
• Assignee: Dan Tran
• Reporter: Mykel Alvis
• Created: 06/Sep/07 17:34
• Updated: 09/May/08 04:28
• Resolved: 09/May/08 04:28

Description

When performing an scm:tag operation, neither passing the tag parameter to the plugin nor configuring the tag in the pom actually fills in the tag info, resulting in a missing parameter.
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With maven 2.0.7, a working subversion SCM url and a build plugin as

<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<tagName>tag</tagName>
</configuration>
</plugin>

mykel@DHBHLXBUILDCONTROL0 MEFoundation-1.0.x]$ mvn scm:tag
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'scm'.
WAGON_VERSION: 1.0-beta-2
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building DSTHS MEFoundation EJB
[INFO] task-segment: [scm:tag] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [scm:tag]
[INFO] Final Tag Name: 'null'
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Cannot run tag command :

Embedded error: Exception while executing SCM command.
Missing parameter: 'tagName'.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
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[INFO] Total time: 3 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Thu Sep 06 13:27:52 CDT 2007
[INFO] Final Memory: 6M/127M
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