Maven Build Info Plugin

This plugin generates the build-info file which might contain:

• build date
• project properties (project.artifactId, project.version, project.name, etc.)
• system properties (user.name, java.vm.vendor, java.vm.version, java.vm.name, os.name, os.version, os.arch, etc.)
• source revision (Git, Mercurial or Subversion)

If you include this file in the WAR or EAR file, you will not waste time trying to figure out an application's version that is deployed to a server.

Usage

To use this plugin you should add it in your pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

    ...

    <build>
        <plugins>

            <!-- Generate build.info -->
            <plugin>
                <groupId>com.rodiontsev.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-build-info-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <filename>build.info</filename>
                    <projectProperties>
                        <projectProperty>project[.parent].id</projectProperty>
                        <projectProperty>project[.parent].groupId</projectProperty>
                        <projectProperty>project[.parent].artifactId</projectProperty>
                        <projectProperty>project[.parent].version</projectProperty>
                        <projectProperty>project[.parent].name</projectProperty>
                        <projectProperty>project[.parent].description</projectProperty>
                        <projectProperty>project[.parent].modelVersion</projectProperty>
                        <projectProperty>project[.parent].inceptionYear</projectProperty>
                        <projectProperty>project[.parent].packaging</projectProperty>
                        <projectProperty>project[.parent].url</projectProperty>
                    </projectProperties>
                    <systemProperties>
                        <systemProperty>user.name</systemProperty>
                        <systemProperty>user.timezone</systemProperty>
                        <systemProperty>java.vm.vendor</systemProperty>
                        <systemProperty>java.vm.version</systemProperty>
                        <systemProperty>java.vm.name</systemProperty>
                        <systemProperty>java.runtime.version</systemProperty>
                        <systemProperty>os.name</systemProperty>
                        <systemProperty>os.version</systemProperty>
                        <systemProperty>os.arch</systemProperty>
                    </systemProperties>
                    <includeVcsInfo>true</includeVcsInfo>
                </configuration>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>extract</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>

            <!-- Include build.info in your WAR file -->
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.1.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <webResources>
                        <resource>
                            <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
                            <includes>
                                <include>**/build.info</include>
                            </includes>
                        </resource>
                    </webResources>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    ...

</project>

The Maven Build Info Plugin is deployed into Maven Central, so you do not need to use additional repositories.