Git-describe Maven plugin

This plugin invokes git describe and captures the output in a build variable.

Configuration

The plugin might be configured in your pom like so:

  <plugin>
    <groupId>com.lukegb.mojo</groupId>
    <artifactId>gitdescribe-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version><!-- Version --></version>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <goals>
          <goal>gitdescribe</goal>
        </goals>
        <id>git-describe</id>
        <phase>initialize</phase>
        <configuration>
          <!-- configuration properties go here. -->
        </configuration>
      </execution>
    </executions>
  </plugin>

Configuration properties

The following configuration properties are available:

descriptionProperty (Default: describe)
  The name of the build property that will contain the output of git
  describe.

dirty (Default: false)
  If true, pass the `--dirty` flag to git-describe.

dirtyMark (Default: dirty)
  The <mark> value for the `--dirty` parameter.

failOutput (Default: unknown)
  String indicating full output if getting version fails

outputPrefix (Default: git-)
  String to prepend to git describe/shorttag output

outputSuffix
  String to append to git describe/shorttag output.