Maven project to embed GIT commit information into the output (.jar or .war) file

pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
      <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>2.1.5</version>
    </dependency>

    <!-- ... -->

  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.1.5</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>revision</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
        <configuration>
          <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
          <generateGitPropertiesFilename>src/main/resources/git.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
 
      <!-- ... -->

    </plugins>
  </build>

  <!-- ... -->
</project>