Maven Buildnumber plugin - Git

Question

The Maven Buildnumber plugin doesn\'t appear to work with GIT yet. Is there a workaround for the time being? I recently switched from SVN to GIT and have found it to be an eas

Answer 1

This blog post describes how to use profiles to have the buildnumber plugin work differently when in a git or svn working copy.

Obviously(*) the buildnumber created in the git repository does not contain the subversion revision number.

(*) It should be possible to include the subversion revision number in the buildnumber when working in a git repository for commits that are already pushed back to the subverion repository.