JarCastingGit-describe Maven plugin
This plugin invokes git describe and captures the output in a build variable.
Configuration
The plugin might be configured in your pom like so:
<plugin>
<groupId>com.lukegb.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>gitdescribe-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version><!-- Version --></version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>gitdescribe</goal>
</goals>
<id>git-describe</id>
<phase>initialize</phase>
<configuration>
<!-- configuration properties go here. -->
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Configuration properties
The following configuration properties are available:
descriptionProperty (Default: describe)
The name of the build property that will contain the output of git
describe.
failOutput (Default: unknown)
String indicating full output if getting version fails
outputPrefix
String to prepend to git describe/shorttag output.
outputSuffix
String to append to git describe/shorttag output.
setReactorProjectsProperties (Default: false)
If true, set the properties on reactor projects.
extraArguments
Array of flags to pass to git, wrapped inside `<param>` elements.
Configuration Example
The plugin might be configured in your pom like so:
<configuration>
<extraArguments>
<param>--dirty</param>
<param>--tags</param>
</extraArguments>
<setReactorProjectsProperties>true</setReactorProjectsProperties>
</configuration>