Other SCM Commands

The scm plugin requires the scm to be configured in the pom.xml.

<project>
  ...
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>SCM Sample Project</name>
  <url>http://somecompany.com</url>
  <scm>
    <connection>scm:svn:http://somerepository.com/svn_repo/trunk</connection>
    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://somerepository.com/svn_repo/trunk</developerConnection>
    <url>http://somerepository.com/view.cvs</url>
  </scm>
  ...
</project>

If you want to change the default scm provider implementation, for exemple you want to use the native cvs instead of the pure java implementation, you must configure your plugin like that:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    ...
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <configuration>
          <providerImplementations>
            <cvs>cvs_native</cvs>
          </providerImplementations>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins
    ...
  </build>
  ...
</project>

Once the scm has been configured, scm operations can be performed.

changelog - displays the project commit changes for each revisions

pom.xml configuration :

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    ...
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <configuration>
          <startDate>YYYY-MM-DD</startDate>
          <endDate>YYYY-MM-DD</endDate>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins
    ...
  </build>
  ...
</project>

Command :

  mvn scm:changelog

or you can specify the startDate and endDate on the commandline

  mvn -DstartDate=YYYY-MM-DD -DendDate=YYYY-MM-DD scm:changelog

diff

pom.xml configuration :

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    ...
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <configuration>
          <startRevision>connection</startRevision>
          <endRevision>connection</endRevision>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins
    ...
  </build>
  ...
</project>

Command :

   mvn scm:diff

or you can specify the startRevision and endRevision in the command line

   mvn -DstartRevision=<revision> -DendRevision=<revision> scm:diff

edit - set the edit status of the file, locking the project sources if supported.

Command :

  mvn scm:edit

status - displays the modified files in the project.

Command :

   mvn scm:status

tag

pom.xml configuration :

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    ...
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <configuration>
          <tag>tag name</tag>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins
    ...
  </build>
  ...
</project>

Command :

   mvn scm:tag

or you can specify the tag name in the command line

   mvn -Dtag="<tag name>" scm:tag

unedit - unset the edit status of the project sources and unlocking it if supported.

Command :

   mvn scm:unedit

validate - check if the scm urls configured in the pom.xml is valid.

Command :

   mvn scm:validate

or passing the scmConnection or/and the developerConnection in the command line

   mvn -DscmConnection="<scm url>" -DscmDeveloperConnection="<scm url>" scm:validate