How do I specify the commit message in the pom when using scm-maven-plugin?
commit, git, maven-3, maven-scm, system-properties
Solution
Try changing the `pom.xml` to look like this:
...
<executions>
<execution>
<id>add-version-to-git</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>add</goal>
<goal>checkin</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<basedir>./</basedir>
<includes>versions/*</includes>
<message>[Add Version to git]</message>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
...
Try using `message` property instead of `systemProperties`.
Or you could always do this in command line like:
mvn -Dmessage="<commit_log_here>" scm:checkin
as stated here
Problem
I'm trying to use the maven SCM plugin to commit some files to a git repo during an automated build, the plugin requires a commit message to be set as a system property, I don't want to have to pass this on the command line (I'm also using the release plugin and this causes issues). I've tried everything I think of to add the message system property via the pom but no luck, here's a stripped down version of my pom: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <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"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.monkeys.coding</groupId> <artifactId>project</artifactId> <packaging>js</packaging> <version>1.0.4-SNAPSHOT</version> <name>Some Project</name> <description>Some Project where I want to add files to git during build</description> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <projectVersion>${project.version}</projectVersion> </properties> <scm> <connection>scm:git:http://some.git.repo:9080/git/module.git</connection> <developerConnection>scm:git:http://some.git.repo:9080/git/module.git</developerConnection> <url>http://some.git.repo:9080/git/module.git</url> </scm> <build> <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName> <!-- Package as js --> <extensions> <extension> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>javascript-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0.0-alpha-1</version> </extension> </extensions> ... </build> <profiles> <!-- run this profile when releasing the library --> <profile> <id>release</id> <properties> <message>Add version files to git</message> </properties> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.8.1</version> <configuration> <message>Add version files to git</message> <systemProperties> <systemProperty> <name>message</name> <value>[Add Version to git]</value> </systemProperty> </systemProperties> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <id>add-version-to-git</id> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>add</goal> <goal>checkin</goal> </goals> <configuration> <basedir>./</basedir> <includes>versions/*</includes> <systemProperties> <systemProperty> <name>message</name> <value>[Add Version to git]</value> </systemProperty> </systemProperties> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </profile> </profiles> </project> ``` Adding message via the profile properties seems to work, the files are commited to get and the message appear in the repo but the build fails with this error: ``` [ERROR] Provider message: [ERROR] The git-commit command failed. [ERROR] Command output: [ERROR] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 28.637s [INFO] Finished at: Fri Jan 18 12:59:40 GMT 2013 [INFO] Final Memory: 19M/81M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-plugin:1.8.1:checkin (add-version-to-git) on project: Command failed.The git-commit command failed. -> [Help 1] ``` Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Cheers Rob