Maven release plugin git credentials

Question

We are using Jenkins and just switched from a file based git repo without authentication to using GitBlit with proper authentication over http.

The problem is -

Answer 1

Based on the docs you have to use a special property, project.scm.id, to define the id of the appropriate server entry in your settings.xml file.

<properties>
  <project.scm.id>my-scm-server</project.scm.id>
</properties>

And the following in your settings.xml file:

<settings>  
   <servers>  
      <server>
         <id>my-scm-server</id>  
         <username>myUser</username>  
         <password>myPassword</password>  
      </server>   
   </servers>
</settings>

BTW: Check if you are using the most recent version of maven-release-plugin. The project.scm.id enhancement was introduced in version 2.3 as part of ticket MRELEASE-420. For example if you are using Maven 3.0.5 then you are by default only using version 2.0 of the maven-release-plugin. Much too old. Fix by adding something like below to your POM:

<build>
    <pluginManagement>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.5.3</version>                
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
</build>