[MRELEASE-966] release plugin does not respect "mvn -f" The prepare and perform goals execute goals against the given pomFileName. This should default to the name of the POM file of the project being built (it can be something else than pom.xml when running Maven with the -f option).
maven/release/trunk/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
maven/release/trunk/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/prepare/MRELEASE-966/