Script to automate the maven release process with SVN source - maven

Question

I am usig a batch script to release my projetcs, it works fine for my common project, but when it comes for the actual main project which got a dependency to the common project, mvn release prepare is failing(Error msg -The svn tag command failed svn: Path(branch path) does not exists in revision# while doing mvn release:prepare).
Batch scrip to release the passed projetcs in sequence
FOR %%G IN (common-utilities-project,myProject) DO (
svn checkout svn://server1/root/%%G/branches/br1
cd br1
call mvn clean
call mvn release:clean
if errorlevel 1 goto failed
call mvn versions:use-next-versions -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -Dincludes=com.commom:common-utilities-project scm:checkin deploy -Dmessage="Updated dependencies for release" -DperformRelease=true
if errorlevel 1 goto failed
echo.| call mvn release:prepare
if errorlevel 1 goto failed
call mvn release:perform -DreleaseProfiles=deploy
if errorlevel 1 goto failed
mvn versions:use-next-snapshots -DallowSnapshots=true -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -Dincludes=com.commom:common-utilities-project scm:checkin deploy -Dmessage="Updated dependencies to SNAPSHOT for next developement"
if errorlevel 1 goto failed
cd..
RD /S/Q br1
)
:failed
echo ******** Unable to do release********
pause
I am using following plugins.
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>analyze-report</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>classes-jar</id>
<goals><goal>jar</goal></goals>
<phase>package</phase>
<configuration>
<classifier>classes</classifier>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>build-exploded-war</id>
<phase>generate-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>exploded</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
</manifest>
</archive>
<useCache>true</useCache>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.sonar</groupId>
<artifactId>sonar-maven3-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<configuration>
<ajdtVersion>none</ajdtVersion>
</configuration>
</plugin>
My POM file got the following SCM tag in it.
<scm>
<developerConnection>scm:svn:svn://server1/root/myProject/branches/br1</developerConnection>
<connection>scm:svn:svn://server1/root/myProject/branches/br1</connection>
<url>http://server1</url>
</scm>
Actual error details
...................................A lot of logs with all success......................................
[INFO] [INFO] myProject [Project Module] .............................. SUCCESS [0.140s]
[INFO] [INFO] myProject [WAR module] .................................. SUCCESS [39.043s]
[INFO] [INFO] myProject [EAR module] .................................. SUCCESS [5.874s]
[INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [INFO] Total time: 45.198s
[INFO] [INFO] Finished at: Mon Nov 26 21:59:10 EST 2012
[INFO] [INFO] Final Memory: 26M/63M
[INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Checking in modified POMs...
[INFO] Executing: cmd.exe /X /C "svn --non-interactive commit --file C:\DOCUME~1\u12132\LOCALS~1\Temp\maven-scm-593417731.commit -
-targets C:\DOCUME~1\u12132\LOCALS~1\Temp\maven-scm-5681031475211993765-targets"
[INFO] Working directory: D:\SVN\br1
[INFO] Tagging release with the label myProject-9.9.9...
[INFO] Executing: cmd.exe /X /C "svn --non-interactive copy --file C:\DOCUME~1\u12132\LOCALS~1\Temp\maven-scm-917421157.commit --r
evision 33929 svn://server1/root/myProject/branches/br1 svn://server1/root/myProject/tags/myProject-9.9.9"
[INFO] Working directory: D:\SVN\br1
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Reactor Summary:
[INFO]
[INFO] myProject [Project Module] .............................. FAILURE [48.760s]
[INFO] myProject [WAR module] .................................. SKIPPED
[INFO] myProject [EAR module] .................................. SKIPPED
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 49.073s
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Nov 26 21:59:11 EST 2012
[INFO] Final Memory: 5M/15M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0:prepare (default-cli) on project myProject: Unable to t
ag SCM
[ERROR] Provider message:
[ERROR] The svn tag command failed.
[ERROR] Command output:
[ERROR] svn: Path 'svn://server1/root/myProject/branches/br1' does not exist in revision 33929
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
******** Unable to do release********
Press any key to continue . . .
Any comments/idea to improve this script ?

Answer 1

Is the branch given in your SCM tag correct?
scm:svn:svn://server1/root/myProject/branches/br1
Something the release plugin seems to mess it up. I've had to change it manually some times back to a sensible value (depending of the branch from which you do your release).