I have a version.txt included in the src/java/resources
> NAME=${name}
> VERSION=${version}
> BUILD_DATE=${timestamp}
The values are retrieved from the POM. My current project does not go the next
step of pushing the completed branch on "deploy" to a tagged release in
subversion. I have traditionally done release management via shell scripts and
have not migrated that aspect to Maven yet.
Tim
On Jun 11, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Joseph Lust <[email protected]> wrote:
> For various reasons you need to know the revision of the GWT app code. For
> example to verify that the server API is not newer than the JS code (i.e. if
> you deploy GWT JS to a CDN).
>
> Some common approaches which I find to be rather hackish:
> Use Maven replacer to replace a sequence in a source file at the validation
> stage and have that inlined into your GWT file at compile (hackish)
> Use Maven replacer or Maven war plugin filters to add the build number to the
> index.html page, or a backend service (JS code still not independently
> versioned, more API calls)
> Hardcode it (don't hardcode things)
> After two years, the best method I've see is to create a code generator to
> allow deferred binding of the build number. This however has always stuck me
> as massively overkill to add a number to a build artifact.
>
>
> So, I was curious how others here have dealt with this common issue.
> Hopefully there is a simpler way.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Joseph
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