Alternative tool for performing Maven Releases - simpler and easier to reason about

mvn-release

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Maven release helper. Copyright (c) 2016 Richard North <rich.north@gmail.com>
# Usage: mvn-release.sh PROFILES
#  where PROFILES should be any maven profile activations to pass through, e.g. `-PprofileA` 
#
# Based on this article: https://axelfontaine.com/blog/final-nail.html
# 
# IMPORTANT: follow setup steps in that article for required POM configuration settings

set -o errexit
set -o pipefail
set -o nounset
# set -o xtrace

echo "What is the release version number? (e.g. 1.0.1): "
read RELEASE_VERSION

# Update the version number
mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$RELEASE_VERSION $@

# Ensure the version number change is committed
git commit -a -m "Update release version number to $RELEASE_VERSION" || true

# Deploy then tag on success
mvn clean deploy scm:tag $@

echo "What is the next snapshot version number? (e.g. 1.0.2-SNAPSHOT): "
read NEXT_VERSION

# Update the version number
mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$NEXT_VERSION $@

# Ensure the version number change is committed
git commit -a -m "Update development version number to $NEXT_VERSION"

git push --tags