Performing a release does the following:
To execute this step, run:
mvn release:perform
This relies on release.properties being present from a previous release preparation. If this is not the case, you need to give the goal the name of the URL and optional tag to perform the release from. For example:
mvn release:perform -DconnectionUrl=scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins/tags/maven-release-plugin-2.0
release:perform will fork a new maven instance to build the checked-out project. This new maven instance will use the same system configuration and maven profiles used by the one running the release:perform goal.
It is possible to force some profiles to get enabled during release (for example to enable time-consummung tasks that are only relevant at release-time) by setting a coma separated list of profiles names in the releaseProfiles parameter. The goals and profiles required to release the project can then be configured in the POM :
<plugin> <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0-beta-7</version> <configuration> <!-- During release:perform, enable the "release" profile --> <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles> <goals>deploy assembly:assembly</goals> </configuration> </plugin>
After the release is complete, the release.properties and other release files will be removed from the checkout.