Any guidance on this matter? On Fri, Mar 4, 2022, 7:53 AM Mike Deitrick <mdeitrick1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > A couple days ago I submitted a question on Stack Overflow about this > topic. It can be found here > <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71329400/remove-snapshot-from-all-maven-sub-modules-but-honor-version>. > For the purposes of preserving this conversation, I will also provide my > question below, along with some things I've found along the way. The > commenter mentioned that the version of all modules within a multi-module > project should be the same to drop -SNAPSHOT with the mvn versions:set > command. > Furthermore, a section in the POM file title Aggregation (or Multi-Module) > <https://maven.apache.org/pom.html#aggregation-or-multi-module> seems to > provide some insight into what's going on, but my inferences might be > incorrect about versions needing to be consistent based on the content in > that section. > > So, what is the official practice for versions of sub-modules in a > multi-module project? Should all versions be the same as the version in the > parent POM? If it's acceptable for sub-module versions to be different, how > does one accomplish stripping -SNAPSHOT from all modules (preferably with a > Maven plugin versus running commands to iterate over all sub-directories to > find child POMs and drop -SNAPSHOT from each)? > > Thank you. > Mike > > --- > > I am working on a multi-module project. For the purposes of this exercise > we can assume there are two sub-modules. The articles Maven Simple > Project Archetype > <https://maven.apache.org/archetypes/maven-archetype-simple/> and Create > an archetype from a multi-module project > <https://maven.apache.org/archetype/maven-archetype-plugin/examples/create-multi-module-project.html> > can > be referenced to follow along. > > Parent - 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT > ChildA - 1.2.3-SNAPSHOT > ChildB - 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT > > When I run mvn versions:set -D removeSnapshot -D processAllModules I > expect the versions to change as indicated below. > > Parent - 1.0.0 > ChildA - 1.2.3 > ChildB - 1.0.0 > > But, it seems -SNAPSHOT is stripped from all versions except the children > that have a different version from the parent. > > Parent - 1.0.0 > ChildA - 1.2.3-SNAPSHOT > ChildB - 1.0.0 > > Is there any way to run the mvn versions:set command to honor the version > number, while stripping the -SNAPSHOT postfix? > ------------------------------ > > *UPDATE #1* > > Running mvn versions:set -D removeSnapshot=true yields the same results > as running mvn versions:set -D removeSnapshot -D processAllModules. > > Parent - 1.0.0 > ChildA - 1.2.3-SNAPSHOT > ChildB - 1.0.0 > >
