I have a project that has the following structure
moduleA
pom.xml
moduleB
pom.xml
I don't have any base/root level pom.xml. I am trying to do a mvn release from inside the module. The release plugin prepares the pom.xml with the correct tags but then instead of deploying the release version, deploys the snapshot again. I have even referred this post and also this post and tried to implement the same solution but to no avail. Does mvn release not work on sub-module poms? I have shared my mvn build command and the mvn log below for better understanding. Has anyone faced this?
I see the following tag created on my local as well as my remote
ncprocessorcommon-1.0.0
mvn command
mvn -B -f ./pom.xml -DdevelopmentVersion=1.0.1-SNAPSHOT -DreleaseVersion=1.0.0 -Dresume=false release:clean release:prepare release:perform
mvn relevant log
[INFO] Checking in modified POMs...
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon && git add -- pom.xml
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon && git status --porcelain
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon
[INFO] Tagging release with the label ncprocessorcommon-1.0.0...
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon && git tag -F /var/folders/5_/c7lxvzrn5fd4dm80mcvnxqyc0000gq/T/maven-scm-979680333.commit ncprocessorcommon-1.0.0
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon && git push ssh://git@github.paypal.com/Notifications-R/ncprocessor.git ncprocessorcommon-1.0.0
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon && git ls-files
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon
[INFO] Transforming 'ncprocessorcommon'...
[INFO] Not removing release POMs
[INFO] Checking in modified POMs...
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon && git add -- pom.xml
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon && git status --porcelain
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon
[INFO] Release preparation complete.
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-release-plugin:2.4.2:perform (default-cli) @ ncprocessorcommon ---
[INFO] Checking out the project to perform the release ...
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon/target && git clone --branch ncprocessorcommon-1.0.0 ssh://git@github.paypal.com/Notifications-R/ncprocessor.git /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon/target/checkout
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon/target
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /var/folders/5_/c7lxvzrn5fd4dm80mcvnxqyc0000gq/T/ && git ls-remote ssh://git@github.paypal.com/Notifications-R/ncprocessor.git
[INFO] Working directory: /var/folders/5_/c7lxvzrn5fd4dm80mcvnxqyc0000gq/T
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon/target/checkout && git fetch ssh://git@github.paypal.com/Notifications-R/ncprocessor.git
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon/target/checkout
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon/target/checkout && git checkout ncprocessorcommon-1.0.0
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon/target/checkout
[INFO] Executing: /bin/sh -c cd /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon/target/checkout && git ls-files
[INFO] Working directory: /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon/target/checkout
[INFO] Invoking perform goals in directory /Users/arsengupta/IdeaProjects/ncprocessor/ncprocessorcommon/target/checkout/ncprocessorcommon
[INFO] Executing goals 'deploy'...
[INFO] [INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] [WARNING]
[INFO] [WARNING] Some problems were encountered while building the effective model for com.paypal.notification.common:ncprocessorcommon:jar:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] [WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-source-plugin is missing. @ line 125, column 21
[INFO] [WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin is missing. @ line 137, column 21
[INFO] [WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin is missing. @ org.apache.maven:maven-model-builder:3.8.4:super-pom, jar:file:/usr/local/apache-maven-3.8.4/lib/maven-model-builder-3.8.4.jar!/org/apache/maven/model/pom-4.0.0.xml, line 137, column 19
[INFO] [WARNING]
[INFO] [WARNING] It is highly recommended to fix these problems because they threaten the stability of your build.
[INFO] [WARNING]
[INFO] [WARNING] For this reason, future Maven versions might no longer support building such malformed projects.
[INFO] [WARNING]
[INFO] [INFO]
[INFO] [INFO] ----------< com.paypal.notification.common:ncprocessorcommon >----------
[INFO] [INFO] Building ncprocessorcommon 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] [INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
[INFO] [INFO]
pom relevant sections
<scm>
<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://..../.../ncprocessor.git</developerConnection>
<connection>scm:git:ssh://..../.../ncprocessor.git</connection>
<url>https://..../.../ncprocessor.git</url>
<tag>HEAD</tag>
</scm>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default</id>
<goals>
<goal>perform</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<pomFileName>ncprocessorcommon/pom.xml</pomFileName>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
<version>1.8.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>