Goals available for this plugin:
| Goal | Report? | Description |
|---|---|---|
| changes:announcement-generate | No | Goal which generate an announcement from the announcement template. |
| changes:announcement-mail | No | Goal which sends an announcement through email. |
| changes:changes-check | No | Goal which checks that the changes.xml file has the necessary data to generate an announcement or a report for the current release. |
| changes:changes-report | Yes | Goal which creates a nicely formatted Changes Report in html format from a changes.xml file. |
| changes:changes-validate | No | Goal which validate the changes.xml file. |
| changes:github-report | Yes | Goal which downloads issues from GitHub and generates a report. |
| changes:help | No | Display help information on maven-changes-plugin. Call mvn changes:help -Ddetail=true
-Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details. |
| changes:jira-report | Yes | Goal which downloads issues from the Issue Tracking System and generates a report. |
| changes:trac-report | Yes | Goal which downloads issues from the Issue Tracking System and generates a report. |
The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:
| Maven | 2.2.1 |
| JDK | 1.5 |
| Memory | No minimum requirement. |
| Disk Space | No minimum requirement. |
You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:
<project>
...
<build>
<!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
</build>
...
<!-- To use the report goals in your POM or parent POM -->
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-changes-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
</reporting>
...
</project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"