release goal

The release goal is used to set the project version in accordance with the examples in the following table:

As you can see, it does one of two things:

1. If the current version is not of the form: <major>.<minor>.<increment>
   then it will append .0 sequences to fill out the string. Then, if it is there, remove the suffix: -SNAPSHOT. However,
2. If the current version is of the form: <major>.<minor>.<increment>
   then it will do nothing.

Setup

To use this goal in your Maven project, include the following in your pom.xml file:

    
<project>
    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>release-profile</id>
            <build>
                <plugins>                        
                    <plugin>                    
                        <groupId>com.bewsoftware.mojo</groupId>
                        <artifactId>bewsoftware-version-plugin</artifactId>
                        <version>1.0.0</version>
                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <id>Release</id>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>release</goal>
                                </goals>
                                <configuration>
                                    <finalBaseNamePropertyName>finalBaseName</finalBaseNamePropertyName>
                                </configuration>
                            </execution>
                        </executions>
                    </plugin>
                    ...
                </plugins>
                ...
            </build>
            ...
        </profile>
        ...
    </profiles>
    ...
</project>
    

I recommend using the profile: release-profile. By doing so, and by setting up the build goal as I have suggested, you will no longer need to even think about the version numbering, unless you are needing to change a different part of the form. Check out the example.