Deriving maven artifact version from git branch

Question

We have a workflow requirement that essentially mean that we need to have the artifact version of a module externally defined from the current branch in git.

I.e. if

Answer 1

Disclaimer: I am the author

My maven core extension will virtually set the version based on the current branch or tag. You can config custom version format patterns as you like.

https://github.com/qoomon/maven-branch-versioning-extension

Version Format Example