Maven: repository element was not specified in the POM inside distributionManagement?

Question

I am trying to run the command, mvn release:perform, but I get this error:

Failed to execute goal
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-de         


        

Answer 1

Review the pom.xml file inside of target/checkout/. Chances are, the pom.xml in your trunk or master branch does not have the distributionManagement tag.